Protective container with preventative agent therein

A protective case (21, 21') is disclosed that has a preventative agent (24, 32, 64, 66, 68,70) disposed therein for safely housing an object or material (26, 36) with an adverse characteristic such as high heat or volatility. The preventative agent (24, 32, 64, 66, 68, 70) normalizes the adverse characteristic from the object or material (26, 36) before that characteristic can reach the outside environment (30).