Northumbria Uni fined after ‘life-threatening’ caffeine test
A university has been fined after two students suffered "life-threatening" effects when they were given 100 times too much caffeine in an experiment.
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A university has been fined after two students suffered "life-threatening" effects when they were given 100 times too much caffeine in an experiment.
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