A Woman Put Mercury Skin Cream On Her Face. This Is What Happened To Her Brain.

Patient DB by Dawn Bradley
Producer: Dr Katherine Johns

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Secret channel: @BigEmus

These cases are patients who I, or my colleagues have seen. They are de-identified and many instances have been presented in more depth in an academic setting. These videos are not individual medical advice and are for general educational purposes only. I do not give medical advice over the internet.

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[gamelikar]

May none of us be the main character in a chubbeymu video

[cursedgamer]

thats a deep form of horror. no recovery, no autopsy.

[The-Autistic-Rat]

My dad just ate beets that expired 10 years ago. They were brown/black. Currently following him around with a camera for your next episode

[OwlRTA]

hearing that BD "could not make a recovery" but not hearing "at autopsy" is somehow more terrifying than hearing "at autopsy".

[Toe_Merchant]

A full recovery: 😀
A recovery: 😕
At autopsy😞
Could not make a recovery: 😭

[tapioca]

you ever just be doing something that might not be the healthiest choice and then the chubbyemu intro just starts playing in your head?

[KaraTheGirlie]

Imagine being thay friend and your mlm scheme got your friend legitimately braindead.

[LuccaRPG]

I remember the scientist that died from two drops of mercury on her hand. Mercury scares the living daylights outta me.

[laratheplanespotter]

Here comes the guy who inspired me to become a forensic toxicologist!! Yay!! Thanks Dr. B!

[Iog]

It is wild to me that there are people out there selling toxic products like these, completely unregulated. Utterly unethical.

[YuBeace]

The fact they didn’t just send her home as “stressed” after nothing showed on the first tests is a miracle.

[Minotaur-eylg]

When working as a plumber’s apprentice I was under a very old house. Put my hand in a puddle that didn’t feel right. Looked at it and knew exactly what it was. Backed out immediately and told my boss and he didn’t believe me. Told him to take a look. Needless to say he popped out, told the owners to leave, then we all went to the hospital. Turned out it was used as a Civil War hospital back in the day. Scary stuff.

[EEsmalls]

I did not expect to learn why burning hair smells so bad from this video

[amethyst_nyx]

I'm working on my PhD in chemistry, and I've heard all the stories, including Karen Wetterhahn. The instant I heard him say "methylmercury" I knew this patient was royally screwed. Organic mercury compounds are so wildly dangerous. Especially since they can diffuse so easily into skin, blood, and organs. So irresponsible of that company.

[jdlech]

We should name such medical conditions after the company responsible for it. Because we should never forget what companies are willing to do to us for a cheap buck if given even half a chance.

[YuckyMama]

As a professional chemist, working with organomercury was always stressful & a high alert day. You cannot mess around with that stuff. 😮

[tivaspotato]

i live in indonesia and it's actually crazy how widespread and easily accessible mercury skin cream is. brain damage so just you can get instant smooth and light skin.

[MoreishMike]

That transition from a black and white hand in a pool of mercury to a blood vessel hand was a beautiful edit.

[andrewhawkins]

If methylmecrury is bad, dimethylmercury is even more insane. The story of the researcher who got a few drops on her gloves and died from it is absolutely crazy.

[sofiaal-shayeb]

I work in an environmental lab doing mercury testing, mainly on soils, water and waste samples, however, we got a ton of skin whitening products in the day this video came out. I didn't really realize that these products were known to have mercuric salts in them, prior to running them on the instrument, so this video tied in really nicely with something I had been experiencing at work! A neat coincidence.