Equipment covered in hazardous substance ORLANDO, Fla., May 13 (UPI) -- Police say some equipment stolen from outside a Florida pathology lab was covered in a substance that can eat away at human skin. The equipment, worth about $500,000, was stolen May 3 from the Florida Hospital Center for Diagnostic Pathology, the Orlando (Fla.) Police said the equipment is contaminated with a substance that eats through human flesh, police said. The thief or thieves wanted the equipment for its value at a recycling center, police said. Among the items stolen were a slide stainer and a machine that analyzes slide specimens. Investigators have no suspects in the case and have asked anyone with information to call the police or Fire Department.