Find out a post-doc on this project flew out of the Denver airport and when airport security screened her checked luggage they freaked out (=gov’t officials in haz mat suits, cops, and TSA officials going through the chemicals in her checked bags). The chemicals were confiscated and are currently being analyzed at the Denver crime lab.

Oh, and one of those chemicals she was bringing as a favor for me.

So I later find out that the station can buy from a distributor (called, in all seriousness “Laborama”) in Nairobi and can easily be shipped up to Nanyuki. Great information to have. Better information to have a week ago.

Now that the mesh bags are working I go into production with some “This American Life” to help grease the needle.