Use Of Sulfuric Acid In Chemistry: Don Butterfingers

Chemistry teacher, Don Butterfingers, spills sulfuric acid in his room during an experiment. Many student claim he doesn’t follow safety protocol.

During second period in Chemistry class Butterfingers was demonstrating to his students how to use sulfuric acid for the lab they were doing that day. Although we teaches students to follow safety protocol a student claims, “…doesn’t use proper safety protocol,” says Tim Glad. Butterfingers said that these allegations are false ,but there isn’t much proof they are. Security was alerted of the spill around 9 a.m. Butterfingers sent Glad to get the security guard while he cleaned the spill himself. The principal was alert and a school wide evacuation took place. “I was scared he would lose his job…”

says Glad. Many students were fearful of Butterfingers losing his job because this isn’t the first spill to happen, “…very rarely do spills happen,” says Butter fingers. Glad says this is the first chemical spill he knows of.
Sulfuric acid can cause rashes and the fumes are very toxic, “The fumes caused other student’s nose hairs to burn,” said Glad. Shortly after security and the principal was alerted a hazardous materials clean up crew arrived. Tina Stern, the school security guard, says that the usual response to this situation is to sound the alarm and alert the principal. Glad claims that the spill was caused because Butterfingers was pouting it with only two fingers and it slipped out of his hand causing it to spill. Glad says that no one was physically hurt from the spill. Glad also said that the acid melted through the floor and emitted a putrid smell. Butterfingers didn’t have proper clean up materials in the classroom and tried to clean the spill with a towel. “I promise to be more careful to prevent the next spill from happening, “ says Butterfingers.