Metallic mercury isn't that toxic unless vaporised and inhaled,
or in contact with saliva for years and years.
Organic and inorganic mercury compounds are horribly toxic.
http://www.emedicine.com/EMERG/topic813.htm
I too played with metallic mercury as a kid, without obvious
effects (though who knows?).
Paul H
----- Original Message -----
From: "Del" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 11:30 AM
Subject: CS>Mercury
I have no doubt that the information in this article is true:
http://www.mercola.com/2004/oct/16/mercury.htm
But when I was a kid in the 6th grade (many years ago), there
was a
stoppered bottle of mercury in our science cabinet, and we used
to take
it out and play with it. It was fascinating to watch the
silvery liquid
roll around without sticking to anything. I remember holding
some in
the palm of my hand to see if I could prevent it from sliding
off. We
had no idea it was dangerous, and, apparently, neither did the
science
teacher or the school administration. Nowadays, I would not
want to be
in the same room with the stuff.
As far as I know, none of us suffered any health consequences
from this
stupidity. Can anybody explain why that might be?
Del
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