Police are searching for 10 vials of a deadly substance after it was stolen from a group of University of Waterloo students who were doing research at a nearby river.
Students were conducting water tests at Moyer’s Landing Park along Grand River in Cambridge around 9 a.m. Saturday when they noticed 10 vials of sodium azide had been taken from a cooler at the research site, said Waterloo regional police.
What are the security protocols in place for regulation and control of this substance? The story would be greatly enhanced if this information were made part of the digest.
What kind of research required dangerous chemicals ON SITE? Couldn’t they have taken samples back to a lab and kept the potential problem indoors? If they took the chemicals to the river, they probably had equipment too. Why wasn’t there a University staff member there to keep an eye on things?