Lab accident at Leesburg middle school
Five eighth-grade students in a science class at Harper Park Middle School in Leesburg received minor burns when a beaker of boiling water overflowed about 11 a.m. Friday, according to Loudoun County Fire and Rescue officials.
The students received “possibly first-degree burns” to areas on their hands, necks and faces as a result of exposure to the hot steam, spokesperson Laura Rinehart said. No chemicals were involved, she added.
As a precaution, students were transported to Inova Loudoun Hospital in Lansdowne, Rinehart said.
By
Caitlin Gibson
| March 11, 2011; 12:50 PM ET
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Crime and Public Safety, Education, Virginia
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See, this is what happens when doltish U.S. students try to "take more science and math courses."
Posted by: clitteigh | March 11, 2011 4:40 PM | Report abuse
See, this is what happens when doltish U.S. students try to "take more science and math courses."
Posted by: clitteigh | March 11, 2011 4:41 PM | Report abuse
"Chemicals not involved?" Last time I checked, H20 is a chemical.
Posted by: CardinalRunner | March 11, 2011 5:47 PM | Report abuse
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