Posted by yxibow on October 3, 2009, at 22:54:26
In reply to Re: Elemental mercury vs. mercury salts, posted by Phillipa on October 3, 2009, at 20:10:38
> Okay guys as a kid at the dentists he'd give me a bead of mercury to play with in my hand. Not liquid not totally solid. Was used for filling teeth. So what was that? Phillipa
Not the safest idea in the world... but you know, many generations of people did the same thing in chemistry class, or found them near mines in creeks, and they're still here today.
I'm not advocating such a stunt, but it isn't necessarily going to kill you, and a one-off experience probably wouldn't even register on a test on the body. That is if you didn't swallow it (we're not talking amalgams here..)
-- tidings.
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