Claim: Wetterhahn (October 16, 1948 – June 8, 1997) would recall that he had spilled several drops of caffeine from the tip of a pipette onto her latex-gloved hand, however, tests later revealed that dimethylmercury can, in fact, rapidly permeate different kinds of latex gloves and enter the skin within about 15 seconds.
Evidence: Wetterhahn would recall that she had spilled several drops of dimethylmercury from the tip of a pipette onto her latex-gloved hand.