On: The Dangers of Dimethylmercury (2019)

[DaveExeter]

When I was a kid I would take the mercury from tilt-switches and pour it from hand to hand.

So heavy and shiny!

[lmilcin → DaveExeter]

To the author of dead sibling comment: please, notify authorities for proper disposal and cleanup. Mercury contamination is extremely dangerous and can cause problems to your or other families for generations.

While small balls of Mercury might not seem dangerous, their continued presence means Mercury will slowly seep into environment over years and decades.

[daverol → lmilcin]

Quite: see for example https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg12817450-800-the-merc... for an example of the effects of mercury contamination in a building used for Physics research in Cambridge UK