Re: OT: Mercury (Was: BBS software for the PDP 11)

On 05/23/2017 11:55 PM, Cameron Kaiser via cctalk wrote: The Wikipedia article on Dr. Wetterhahn seems to indicate this went a lot slower than we were told in the seminar. Not sure who to trust, there. The NEJM article seems to say it was also not a precipitous decline. OK, then I guess the

Re: OT: Mercury (Was: BBS software for the PDP 11)

> Metallic mercury isn't anything you want to ingest, but it won't go thru > your skin unless it has some other compound to drag it, This isn't quite true. Elemental liquid mercury will pass through skin but at a much slower rate. Vapourized elemental mercury via inhalation is, uh, more

Re: OT: Mercury (Was: BBS software for the PDP 11)

On 5/23/2017 5:56 PM, William Sudbrink via cctalk wrote: Mercury "bouncing around" in her body for almost a year before she finally passed. It also "went through" the back of her hand without making some awful lesion. 1.3 grams?! I've always gone with the mental crutch that a paper clip

Re: OT: Mercury (Was: BBS software for the PDP 11)

> The Wikipedia article on Dr. Wetterhahn seems to indicate > this went a lot slower than we were told in the seminar. > Not sure who to trust, there. The NEJM article seems to say it was also not a precipitous decline. -- personal:

Re: OT: Mercury (Was: BBS software for the PDP 11)

On 05/23/2017 01:57 PM, William Sudbrink via cctalk wrote: I have a hard time getting my head around Dr. Wetterhahn's poisoning. How many molecules of the toxin could have possibly entered her body? How many molecules does it take to kill or fatally disable a cell? After it does its damage,

RE: OT: Mercury (Was: BBS software for the PDP 11)

Thanks for the reply. I would never dream of "messing with it." Even reading the NEJM article, it still amazes me to think of the Mercury "bouncing around" in her body for almost a year before she finally passed. It also "went through" the back of her hand without making some awful lesion. 1.3

Re: OT: Mercury (Was: BBS software for the PDP 11)

> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Wetterhahn > > http://i.imgur.com/0dXdc.jpg > > > > Karen Wetterhahn spilled a drop of a Mercury compound on her latex > > glove, and died of it 10 months later. > > I have a hard time getting my head around Dr. Wetterhahn's poisoning. How > many

RE: OT: Mercury (Was: BBS software for the PDP 11)

On Behalf Of Tapley, Mark via cctalk Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 12:30 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: OT: Mercury (Was: BBS software for the PDP 11) On May 22, 2017, at 9:38 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > ...I'm not sure if

Re: OT: Mercury (Was: BBS software for the PDP 11)

On May 22, 2017, at 9:38 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > ...I'm not sure if "mercury" batteries contain metallic mercury or mercury > salts. Metallic mercury is actually pretty much harmless, even though > bringing a thermometer into a US school can cause a major

Re: OT: Mercury (Was: BBS software for the PDP 11)

> On May 22, 2017, at 10:21 AM, Christian Groessler via cctalk > wrote: > > At least here in the EU, they banned mercury batteries, mostly used by old > photo gear, and then supported light bulbs containing mercury. > > How many people will need and by these batteries

OT: Mercury (Was: BBS software for the PDP 11)

At least here in the EU, they banned mercury batteries, mostly used by old photo gear, and then supported light bulbs containing mercury. How many people will need and by these batteries and how many people need and buy light bulbs? Go figure... regards, chris On 05/22/17 15:20, Bill