Considering everyone over 40 actually held and played with mercury in science class in high school and the same people opened and closed pure lead sinkers while fishing, the danger is over hyped.
It is still there but sending people in hazmat suits in to clean up a broken mercury thermometer is stupid, just call in someone over 40 they seem to be immune to short term contact with mercury, otherwise all of us over 40 would be dead my now. Is lead dangerous, YES, is mercury dangerous, YES, but not to the extent we are lead to believe it is today, another good idea gone to the extreme by those who want to protect us from ourselves. Open up your computer, work on it and just don't lick your hands before washing them and there is absolutely no chance you will get sick or contaminated by the components inside. Pismo's are easy to work on and you can get great satisfaction from making them run again, so dig in and enjoy! Tom On 5/31/10 12:18 PM, "wren" <[email protected]> wrote: >> * not wholly in jest - My dad used to hold nails and screws between his >> lips while working on projects. Not the best of practices! >> >> - Don -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
