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Explosive chemicals at University of South Dakota prompt campus-wide closure

Research materials at Sioux Falls science labs became reactive after expiration, according to school

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Dec 19, 2024
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The discovery of old, unused research chemicals at a university in northwest Sioux Falls that had turned explosive led to a campus-wide closure Thursday morning.

The University of South Dakota announced the planned evacuation at its Sioux Falls campus near Marion Avenue and 60th Street North after expired peroxide-forming chemica…

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