No explosion: Poor lab ventilation led to 13 students inhaling iodine gas


  • Nation
  • Monday, 06 May 2019

BALIK PULAU: Thirteen students – 11 females and two males – were affected after inhaling iodine gas during a science experiment in the school’s laboratory in Bayan Lepas, Penang.

An earlier report on the incident said there was an explosion, but this turned out to be  inaccurate.

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