Re: [OM] mercury batteries-OT story

[Dirk Wright]

>I remember kids in school (6th grade I think) pressing mercury into  pocket
>change with their fingers.  It would make coins real shiny, temporarily
>atleast.  Even back then I thought maybe that it wasn't a good idea to touch
>it.  When was it decided that mercury was  poisonous?  Didn't teachers know
>then (1964?)
>
>John  Hermanson

I found a reference to it being known as a poison since the 1500's at least.
-- 
Be Seeing You.
Dirk Wright


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