JJ wrote:
Richard Clark wrote:

On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 01:52:22 +0000 (UTC),
wrote:

Utter nonsense.



Hi Jim,

I've performed work with Battelle Centers for Public Health Research &
Evaluation and this very matter has been studied to record and verify
every statement I've offered.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC


Well, I used to play with blobs of mercury a lot when I was a kid and it
has never eeefffffecttted (snort)mmmmeee a (slobber) biiiittt.


Good one, JJ! 8^)

Mercury isn't very harmful by that route of exposure. You could polish
quite a few dimes if you like, and not suffer much if any damage through
skin absorption.

But!

Inhaling the fumes is another thing entirely. Mercurey poisoning has
been known about for a long time now. Daggureotypists in the early
1800's often suffered from mercury poisoning as they purposely fumed the
image plates to develop the images, producing a silver amalgam on the
surface in accordance with how much it had been exposed to light. A
beautiful but deadly process.

The feltmaking process used to use mercury as a preservative, and the
saying "mad as a hatter" was coined for a reason.

And yet we still have people today that think that caution in handling
mercury is some kind of "liberal" plot or something.

- Mike KB3EIA -

On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 15:34:36 -0400, Mike Coslo wrote:

Inhaling the fumes is another thing entirely. Mercurey poisoning has
been known about for a long time now. Daggureotypists in the early
1800's often suffered from mercury poisoning as they purposely fumed the
image plates to develop the images, producing a silver amalgam on the
surface in accordance with how much it had been exposed to light. A
beautiful but deadly process.

The feltmaking process used to use mercury as a preservative, and the
saying "mad as a hatter" was coined for a reason.

And yet we still have people today that think that caution in handling
mercury is some kind of "liberal" plot or something.

Over time, it is a self-correcting problem.

Holding it in your hands is more of an issue if
A) you have some sort of wound, and some could contact your
bloodstream, or more likely
B) if you do not _thoroughly_ clean it off your hands before touching
food, rubbing your eyes, smoking a ciggie, etc.

Happy trails,
Gary (net.yogi.bear)
------------------------------------------------
at the 51st percentile of ursine intelligence

Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA
Please reply to: garyDOTschwartzATpoboxDOTcom

On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 21:24:26 GMT, Gary S. Idontwantspam@net wrote:

Holding it in your hands is more of an issue if
A) you have some sort of wound, and some could contact your
bloodstream, or more likely

Mercury can be forced through a solid plate of steel. Such is its
ability to migrate through barriers.

B) if you do not _thoroughly_ clean it off your hands before touching
food, rubbing your eyes, smoking a ciggie, etc.

Hi Gary,

I just attended a Nanotech seminar presentation 4 hours ago on "The
Collapse of Langmuir Monolayers" that showed the human body has
roughly 2M² of skin surface area, OR 100M² of Lung surface area, OR
300M² of Gastro Intestinal surface area. The later two have a
monomolecular air/water interface - the Langmuir layer.

The decay products of nuclear breakdown (the electron emission) is no
hazard due to its inability to puncture the dermal layer - inside the
body it leads to chromosomal breakdowns that gives rise to cancerous
growths. Same vector, two different paths separated by lack of
caution in the errant belief about exposure levels leads to grief.
[Another lesson learned in close proximity to the Boomers, and 24
Nuclear warheads stored within 10 feet of my workbench aboard ship.]

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

Which proves nothing except that you went to a seminar.

Tom
K0TAR

Richard Clark wrote:

On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 21:24:26 GMT, Gary S. Idontwantspam@net wrote:


Holding it in your hands is more of an issue if
A) you have some sort of wound, and some could contact your
bloodstream, or more likely


Mercury can be forced through a solid plate of steel. Such is its
ability to migrate through barriers.


B) if you do not _thoroughly_ clean it off your hands before touching
food, rubbing your eyes, smoking a ciggie, etc.


Hi Gary,

I just attended a Nanotech seminar presentation 4 hours ago on "The
Collapse of Langmuir Monolayers" that showed the human body has
roughly 2M² of skin surface area, OR 100M² of Lung surface area, OR
300M² of Gastro Intestinal surface area. The later two have a
monomolecular air/water interface - the Langmuir layer.

The decay products of nuclear breakdown (the electron emission) is no
hazard due to its inability to puncture the dermal layer - inside the
body it leads to chromosomal breakdowns that gives rise to cancerous
growths. Same vector, two different paths separated by lack of
caution in the errant belief about exposure levels leads to grief.
[Another lesson learned in close proximity to the Boomers, and 24
Nuclear warheads stored within 10 feet of my workbench aboard ship.]

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 22:12:51 -0500, Tom Ring
wrote:

Which proves nothing except that you went to a seminar.

Tom
K0TAR

Hi Tom,

Then we can both agree that I speak from a point of knowledge (got the
experience too). So, what have you got to offer? ;-)

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

Well, I gave an answer, farther down the thread, that actually is more
on subject, liquid antennas. I told him where to find a group that
knows about them and builds lots of them, which is more than anyone else
seems to have done.

Looks to me like most of the regulars on this newsgroup, except Roy and
a couple others, talk about anything except the subject/question that
started the thread. Which is their right. Just don't get annoyed if I
point out that fact occasionally. Also the fact that anyone with an IQ
above room temperature knows mercury has to be handled with some care.

tom
K0TAR

Richard Clark wrote:

On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 22:12:51 -0500, Tom Ring
wrote:

Hi Tom,

Then we can both agree that I speak from a point of knowledge (got the
experience too). So, what have you got to offer? ;-)

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 18:29:46 -0500, Tom Ring
wrote:


Also the fact that anyone with an IQ
above room temperature knows mercury has to be handled with some care.

So as room temperature drops, more inhabitants of the room
become aware of this important caution?

Mike Coslo wrote:

Good one, JJ! 8^)

Mercury isn't very harmful by that route of exposure. You could polish
quite a few dimes if you like, and not suffer much if any damage through
skin absorption.

But!

Inhaling the fumes is another thing entirely. Mercurey poisoning has
been known about for a long time now. Daggureotypists in the early
1800's often suffered from mercury poisoning as they purposely fumed the
image plates to develop the images, producing a silver amalgam on the
surface in accordance with how much it had been exposed to light. A
beautiful but deadly process.

The feltmaking process used to use mercury as a preservative, and the
saying "mad as a hatter" was coined for a reason.

And yet we still have people today that think that caution in handling
mercury is some kind of "liberal" plot or something.

- Mike KB3EIA -

Umm, no, most people today think standing over a vat of heated murcury or
chewing on something impregnated with mercury is not a very good idea.

That doesn't mean you ignore the hazards or go screaming in terror just
because you see mercury.


--
Jim Pennino

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