Budak
sekolah sesak nafas akibat tersedut gas iodine meruap
Breathing
difficulty for students after inhaling iodine gas in lab
GEORGE TOWN: While conducting their usual science
experiment in the laboratory, a group of Form Four students at a Bayan Lepas
school suddenly experienced breathing difficulty after inhaling iodine gas.
Penang Education deputy director Abdul Rashid Abdul
Samad said 19 students, together with their teacher, were carrying out an
experiment to test the chemical reaction of iodine when 13 of the students – 11
females and two males – had difficulty breathing.
The 13, he added, started coughing during the
experiment at their school laboratory.
“Twelve of them inhaled vaporised iodine while a
female student was sent to Penang Hospital for further treatment,” he said.
The 19 students had been divided into five groups
during the experiment.
Penang Fire and Rescue Department director Saadon
Moktar said it received a distress call about the incident at 9.57am yesterday.
“All the students were in stable condition, with only
one sent to Penang Hospital,” Abdul Rashid said.
Meanwhile, state Environment Committee chairman Phee Boon
Poh said iodine was heated during the experiment.
“As there was insufficient ventilation in the
laboratory, the students experienced breathing difficulty and started
coughing,” he explained.
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