Picric acid, it turns out, can spontaneously combust or explode unless diluted by 30% with water, according to a hazard sheet from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The Grand Rapids Public Museum is closed Wednesday after team members identified potentially unstable drugs in one of the museum’s exhibits.

(FOX40.COM) — An explosive chemical, picric acid, found in a Downtown Oroville antique shop prompted a neighborhood evacuation advisory and barricade from law enforcement. On Friday around 1:… ...

As Picric Acid dehydrates, it crystallizes and creates an explosion hazard, Wilson said. Due to concerns about a possible explosion, the Columbus Police Department Explosive Ordnance Disposal ...

Picric Acid, in the form of a small quantity of bandages containing the acid, which were historically, but no longer used for the treatment of burns. Both pharmaceuticals were in secure glass ...

200 employees evacuated in Columbus due to acid spill COLUMBUS, Ind. — Roughly 200 employees at a Columbus factory were evacuated on Thursday morning due to an acid spill.

During a curatorial review of the the Ruddell Drug Store exhibit, museum staff found nitroglycerin and picric acid in some old pharmaceuticals, saying the substances “can degrade over time and ...