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| shannonw55 (profile) wrote, on 5-11-2005 at 3:32pm | |
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| This information seems to be completely opposite of what we heard, but it was updated more recently than the info that Dustin had. So I don't know. Read this... How toxic is elemental mercury? Of all the forms of mercury, elemental mercury is the most commonly swallowed form of mercury, usually from a broken thermometer. Fortunately, elemental mercury from a thermometer is not absorbed from the stomach and will not cause any poisoning in a healthy person. In a healthy person, the slippery swallowed mercury will roll into the stomach, out in to the bowels and will be quickly eliminated without causing any symptoms. A person with severe inflammatory bowel disease or those with a fistula (hole or opening) in their gut may have problems with mercury if it is not all cleared out, resulting in prolonged exposure. Handling liquid mercury for a very short period of time usually does not result in any problems. An allergic rash is possible, though. Mercury is not well absorbed across the skin so skin contact is not likely to cause mercury poisoning, especially with a brief one-time exposure. Even if a person has cuts in their skin, mercury is too heavy to be contained by a cut. Merely washing the wound well will wash the mercury out of the wound. Updated January 25, 2002 But you'd think that if this was true that they wouldn't have taken people to the hospital. I don't know. This is all pretty weird. My mom says that when her generation was in school they were all allowed to touch and play with it. She's perfectly healthy. This is from the California Poison Control System. California Poison Control System I hope everyone is alright if all of this isn't true. Some kids are really stupid. |
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jim9nin | 05-16-05 4:53pm It's because they breathed it in. So that's why they shut off the vent system. So we didn't know how much he had. |
| shannonw55 | Re:, 05-16-05 4:54pm Hhhhmm.. Oh ok. Who's this? |
jim9nin | Re: Re:, 05-16-05 7:37pm I'm Bill. I don't think you know me. I don't even know you. But I like to look at the people who update in CS. |