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Some [[Phlebotinum]] is (more or less) harmless to living beings; it can be handled, carried around, or stored in everyday containers without any long-term side effects for those transporting it. Other forms of Phlebotinum are hazardous stuff in their own right, where prolonged exposure, [[Harmful to Touch|physical contact]], or even sniffing the fumes can have harmful, permanent, and/or fatal consequences.
In order to manage or transport the latter kind, you need
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
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* The purple goo in ''[[Warehouse 13]]'' used by Pete and Myka to neutralize artifacts.
* They used ordinary gloveboxes (see [[Real Life]]) in ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' when studying alien pathogens and the like. This failed when they were studying a virus-like nanotechnology, which started eating through the gloves.
== [[Real Life]] ==▼
* [[wikipedia:Remote manipulator|Remote Manipulators]] (AKA "waldoes") are often used for this purpose.▼
* [[wikipedia:Glovebox|Gloveboxes]]▼
* Antimatter must be kept in a magnetic trap. For now this is just because the antimatter will be lost if it touches anything else but one day a mass large enough to be dangerous might be contained the same way. ▼
== [[Toys]] ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* In ''[[The Elder Scrolls]] III: [[The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind|Morrowind]]'', there is the Wraithguard gauntlet that is needed to handle Keening and Sunder (magical knife and hammer, deadly when handled with bare hands) safely.
* ''[[Half Life]] 2'''s gravity gun was originally used for handling dangerous stuff required for Dr. Vance's research.
** As was the HEV suit, for that matter. And the cart Gordon used to push the [[Green Rocks]] in Unforseen Consequences.
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* On ''[[The Superhero Squad Show]]'', Infinity Fractals have to be held in containment units, as touching them can have completely random effects.
* ''[[Futurama]]'' has a box which holds an alternate universe, and later, contains the same universe that it is in.
▲== [[Real Life]] ==
▲* [[wikipedia:Remote manipulator|Remote Manipulators]] (AKA "waldoes") are often used for this purpose.
▲* [[wikipedia:Glovebox|Gloveboxes]]
▲* Antimatter must be kept in a magnetic trap. For now this is just because the antimatter will be lost if it touches anything else but one day a mass large enough to be dangerous might be contained the same way.
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