On Feb 9, 4:02 pm, Nicholas Stock <[email protected]> wrote: > Nick, we used to do the same with the trains....small pennies or pieces of > granite from the sidings...fun times. As a practicing chemist, I understand > the hazards with dealing with toxic substances, but some of this has got > out of hand. Mercury salts are the ones to truly be worried about, and > alkyl mercurys can kill you very quickly, but mercury vapour inhalation > takes some time to manifest symptoms I believe....I still remember one kid > in my class who thought it was funny to swallow a small drop of > mercury....probably just passed right through him (I didn't ask at the > time..;-)
In Victorian times, a pint of liquid mercury used to be drunk as a cure for constipation (it was collected afterwards for reuse - a sort of family heirloom). Nick -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB.
