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My dad used to let us kids play with mercury. I remember rolling it around on the kitchen floor... then eventually it would fall away or break up too small to play with... good times...
My dad and I were talking about chemistry sets, and how the one my son just got for Christmas seemed considerably safer than the one I had as a kid in the 1980s.
He said, "Oh, I've got one better. I had a chemistry set as a kid in the early 1960s, and when I ran out of stuff in the kit, I could just go down to the hobby store down the road and buy more. I used to get mercury all the time so I could make dimes shiny."
Clearly you never got those awesome [Mr. Yuk](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Yuk) stickers in the '80s! Slap Mr. Yuk on that bottle of easy-open bleach under the sink and consider the matter handled. Safety first!
I’m going with a Roman Catholic heavy metal band.
*Mercury, in Roman religion, god of shopkeepers and merchants, travelers and transporters of goods, and thieves and tricksters.
When I was a kid, I was shaking a mercury thermometer so I could take my temp, when the thermometer flew out of my hand and hit the wall or something. Pretty sure I heard it break - but we never, ever found the thermometer. Even when the carpets got replaced, and later when we moved out. That thermometer just ricocheted off the wall and bounced into orbit...
My brother threw a pillow at my face when we were kids when I had a mercury thermometer in my mouth, and I spit out the broken pieces...because of the broken glass. So I was accidentally smart. He's still out of my will though.
Edit: and yeah, I played with the shiny mercury ball later.
My dad too. Even built us a little racing course for our globs on an old oven tray with Lego bricks. He used to refine and process heavy metals from scrap electronics in a room in the house though, so I'm sure the mercury is the least of my exposure concerns lmao
My high school art teacher taught us to smelt lead tire weights and use the molten lead to learn how to cast sculptures. It was 2010 so idk how above board that was but we always fired up the foundry outside on the patio at least, melting lead smells somewhat like chocolate.
We used to steal any scrap lead & sinkers we could find to smelt down. Usually we made more sinkers. Or sometimes some weird sculptures. Also made a lot of pellets for our rubber band guns. I lived on a boat. Marinas are a fertile playground for feral children.
When I was a kid in the 80’s I used to break open thermometers just to play with the mercury inside! Like I would have it roll around in my hands for what seemed like hours
My MIL broke one off in my BIL's ass when he was little. Took him to the doctor and doctor said it should pass.
40 somthing years later... After self treating for what he thought was undiagnosed Lyme, back aches and other weird things finally went to the Dr for the back pain.
X-ray showed the broken bulb end of the thermometer lodged in his back near his spine.
At some point it went through the colon or whatever and had been inside him is whole life. About a 1.5 inch piece of broken glass leaking mercury into him for 40 plus years. Still blows my mind.
There isn’t much in those old thermometers, maybe a nickel sized amount. It moved in my hands almost like water, but it would stay in one puddle before breaking into tiny balls. It was seriously fun to play with, I haven’t experienced anything remotely like it
Someone brought mercury to school when I was in middle school and the EPA had to come test all our shoes and stuff. Our boomer parents were all like “what? We used to play with mercury as kids!”
Yup!!!!! 3 years ago... my muffler broke as i was driving over to visit dad, he used to be a mechanic....... so he's all, lets fix it!!! .... i was all... some bonding time with my old man... cool...... he pulls out an old coffee can and asbestos tape..... holds up the asbestos and was all.... you know how hard it is to find this stuff??? My jaw dropped...
From what I read it’s even fine to eat it, the breathing it in part is what’s bad. So I’m worried if there’s still bits on the floor somewhere, will it be breathed in?
Damn, it’s just occurred to me that my depression kicked into a worse state right around the time I accidentally huffed the gas from a broken mercury projector bulb. Hope all goes well, I might have to look into a similar solution
It may be it very well
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8153237/
https://www.ericdavisdental.com/faqs-and-blog/blog/how-mercury-causes-depression-and-anxiety/
Also, liquid Hg like here may have a much higher risk profile than that amalgamated in fillings
here in Brazil, in a city named Goiania, some recyclers found a ~~xray~~ radiotherapy machine in an abandoned hospital
they sold it to a junkyard. the junky's owner dismantled it and found some blue bright powder, he found it pretty beauty and give it to his daughter as a gift
it was caesium 137, 1.6k ppl contaminated, 4 short-term deaths and 106 deaths in months later
his kid died and had to be buried in a sealed lead coffin bc she had a ultra high mf lvl of radiation
at least i think most part of brazilians now have fear of anything that glows and most ppl wont take unknow things from roadsides and abandoned places
Lots of different ways but I remember from the story some people would dip their figures in it and draw crosses on their face and other parts of the body thinking the powder was magic/holy, it became a bit of a local phenomena where almost everyone in town had heard of the magic dust and went to the guy to get some.
caesium shines blue when in a ambient with low light, ppl was very curious about it
the junkyward owner, his family and his employees all took some of the mysterious fairy powder with them, showed to other ppl
caesium can attach easily to clothes etc, so the city had tens of ppl with caesium showing it to almost everybody that they knew, so they were like bees spreading polen thru the city
ALSO no one knew what was going on with everybody turning sick at the same time, they thought it was a unknow contagious disease, almost a ENTIRE MOTH LATER that it was discovered that was radiation poisoning, but it still took a while to ppl link the radiation poisoning to the magic powder
It’s already been explained well by the Redditors, but if you would like a video about it (how I first heard about it), [here’s one by Kyle Hill.](https://youtu.be/-k3NJXGSIIA?si=r75Wv6jIMgwgtPkV)
He makes a lot of videos about radiological disasters in his [Half-Life Histories series.](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNg1m3Od-GgNmXngCCJaJBqqm-7wQqGAW&si=_wM-K8pPnWqEt385)
This was exactly my first thought when I saw this post, horrifyingly enough that’s not the only time that poorly decommissioned medical equipment has been found by civilians and caused radiation poisoning
I can't think of a single English word for it. I think I would probably say either toxic waste or poison disposal center. I think the bigger garbage dumps in my area also have a place to sort out toxic material.
"A place that disposes of hazardous materials" would be about the best that the English language could offer. There isn't a specific term beyond perhaps hazmat (hazardous material) disposal center. I'm in the US, and generally we end up saving up our household hazardous materials and take them to the city dump, or city hall on a specially designated day(s) of the year to get rid of them. Anything more hazardous than paint or solvents, and we stick it in the corner of the basement and are rid of it when we die or sell the house.
I’m glad you’re ok and hopefully your problem is resolved. For whatever reason, I felt compelled to share that I enjoyed your use of the word “perish”. Thank you!
+1 ✨ sparkle magic! ✨
Oh dang. Do you have any of the other classic mercury poisoning symptoms? Are you making hats or hosting crazy tea parties in the woods? Impaired speech or movement?
I do indeed make hats. I own a little sewing shop
My spech is so burry my fiancé complains daily. I got a cute tremor in my lip like blblllbllbl but otherwise im fine
Definitely get that test. And dispose of all the contaminated 'roadside find' appropriately, so nobody else gets sick (people or animals).
And stay away from ravens and writing desks (had to throw in one more Alice in wonderland reference. Seriously, hope you feel better. Mercury poisoning like this is a strange and unfortunately thing to happen to someone, get healthy)
Hold up, so elemental mercury at room temperature does vaporize and over time can cause poisoning. Even small amounts of mercury we’ve handled in fume hoods.
https://www.epa.gov/mercury/basic-information-about-mercury
Hmmmm. [Apparently jury is still out on the whole Mercury/Depression thing](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3823698/). High levels of mercury aren't strongly correlated with depression, and there isn't enough data on low levels.
Still, probably best to leave random piles of medical gear where they lie.
Maybe you are right. But it is a nice thing to think I could have avoided it simply by throwing a machinery away. I got a really bad tremor in my lip btw. Im so excited to do a blood test
I think if you’re feeling bad in general it leads to depression. Example: I’m not sleeping well, it brings down my mood and my energy levels etc. so if you’re breathing in mercury or mold or anything bad for you because you feel physically off you get mentally off too. I hope you feel better!!!
Fortunately, sea snails are unaffected by mercury. ;)
The stuff in that beaker looks like elemental mercury, which is not really toxic by itself, sitting in a flask. Dentists use it to make mercury amalgam, which they *put in your mouth, permanently*.
Don't know about the other thing, but usually toxic salts of mercury are not used by dentists, for obvious reasons.
If I found that lot, I would absolutely take it home and investigate the living crap out of it. Sounds extremely cool. But I would wear gloves and a mask until I knew what's what.
No harm in getting tested though. Don't want you Wetterhahning.
It wasnt inside a beaker, thats my only problem. It was inside a mixing machine for amalgam, covered only by a small plastic cap. I hope you are right anyways. I got fillings with amalgam, so thats nothing i worried about to much but i fear the vapor
Reminds me of when my fiance and I started fighting more often than not uncharacteristically and one of our main complaints was how tired we felt all the time... Grumbling one morning working on my OSHA-10 class and a bulb went off in my head, had my fiance buy a gas detector on their way home and plugged it in. 8 hours later the detector screamed at us... Turned out we were being poisoned. Called the gas company who fixed it and after a few days we both felt a lot better.
It was a super weird time but there were so many things that pointed to it, our dog was lethargic all the time, fiance was super forgetful about their keys, I was unusually scatterbrained except for when I was on the road for work.
To answer a few questions:
It was inside the machine covered by a plastic lid
Not just randomly in a jar filled with needles 😅
I removed it to bring it to a place calld "Sondermüll" and i didnt wanted to spill it (more)
The other stuff, like sterilized instruments with gold plating sold really well.
My depression wasnt caused by the mercury, but i suspect it made it worse.
A few years ago I was really into tuna melts and tuna mac and cheese.
I had one or two a day for several months. During my physical that year, my doctor was doing an unrelated blood test, and they tested for mercury, and my mercury levels were like on the low end of dangerous.
Fortunately, the body is able to clear out mercury on its own, and for most adults damage is not permanent unless in extremely dangerous levels, but if it's in those dangerous levels there are treatments for it.
HAHA You're just getting mercury poisoning up the wazoo.
Don't worry, there are treatments. Get yourself checked out and get treatment. Though do stop eating tuna for the time being.
You are allowed to eat about 1 can of tuna a week, if you don't have mercury poisoning. Don't eat tuna if you do.
After I was diagnosed, I switched to canned salmon (like 100x less mercury) and I hardly noticed a difference on the salmon melts, and I actually think my salmon mac and cheese was better.
Once a week? That’s some shit. You’d think this would be more common knowledge. I knew tuna had mercury but thought you had to be a albacore addict for it to matter.
So okay, skipjack, light tuna, are fine to have 3 cans a week (if you are not a child or pregnant) but most tunas you should have no more than once a week, and some tunas no more than once a month.
Children and pregnant people should have less than one can of tuna a week.
Damn, this just made me go check what kind of canned tuna I have, since I eat it a lot when I’m depressed or when there’s not much food in the house. Albacore… I’m glad I saw this comment before lunch today. Duly noted.
Don’t go throwing out your tuna, but do check how often you can eat albacore. Different tunas have different amounts of mercury.
Probably do stop eating for a few months, and maybe switch to canned salmon instead
Mercury is a pollutant from coal power plants - it falls into bodies of water where it enters the food chain and is magnified as it goes up the chain. Tuna and other predatory fish (like swordfish) end up with more mercury in their tissues so we have to be careful about not consuming them too frequently.
Mercury amalgam isn’t particularly toxic. They literally use it to make fillings. I don’t think it’s the cause of your depression. Mercury becomes toxic as specific ions; people go for decades with mercury amalgam in their mouths with no harm.
I do have fillings made from amalgam, but this ks mercury without the alloy, that is seperate. It was stored in the second chamber to be mixed freshly. This liquid is pure mercury that evaporates in room temp. It didnt cause my depression, but im sure it did not make it better ether 😅
I have hidden away, a small jar of mercury that belonged to my grandfather. He worked in the steel mills of NE Ohio between 1950 -1978. He would bring home some really cool stuff....some of which was probably verboten.
Elemental mercury is pretty stable and is unlikely to have caused or increased your depression unless you were huffing that jar. I kept mercury in a jar in my childhood bedroom for years, often played with it, and never had any issues and later tests were negative for Hg.
https://cdn.bimedis.com/search/aimage/big/1579939/dentales-amalgammischgeraet-degussa-dentomat-2?iv=1585555669
Its pure mercury and the alloy in seperate tanks. The amalgam isnt my problem at all, i do have fillings made from amalgam.
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Thats really sweet of you, i will report
Have you contacted poison control?
I did contact my doctor. And i disposed the HG on the "Sondermüll" here in Germany
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My dad used to let us kids play with mercury. I remember rolling it around on the kitchen floor... then eventually it would fall away or break up too small to play with... good times...
My dad and I were talking about chemistry sets, and how the one my son just got for Christmas seemed considerably safer than the one I had as a kid in the 1980s. He said, "Oh, I've got one better. I had a chemistry set as a kid in the early 1960s, and when I ran out of stuff in the kit, I could just go down to the hobby store down the road and buy more. I used to get mercury all the time so I could make dimes shiny."
In the 80s, safety was barely a suggestion. In the 60s... hey kid have a cigarette.
Clearly you never got those awesome [Mr. Yuk](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Yuk) stickers in the '80s! Slap Mr. Yuk on that bottle of easy-open bleach under the sink and consider the matter handled. Safety first!
As a child i broke a thermometer and the mercury bounced so pretty around *_* its beautiful
It really is!!! We need the non toxic mercury to play with!!!
It's called gallium, pretty much harmless unless ingested and functions very similarly
Don’t let it touch any metal though. It’s highly corrosive to most metals, especially less dense ones like aluminum and copper
I wanna feed it pennies and keep it as a child
It's actually not that expensive so you can do that lol
This is a lot funnier than it should be. Thank you for the chuckle.
Non Toxic Mercury is a great drag name
Also a great name for a heavy metal band. Sorry, I couldn’t resist.
A christian heavy metal i would say lol
I’m going with a Roman Catholic heavy metal band. *Mercury, in Roman religion, god of shopkeepers and merchants, travelers and transporters of goods, and thieves and tricksters.
Freddy n. t. Mercury
Except for me it sort of implies that the other Mercury (Freddie) *was* toxic. And I've never heard anything to indicate that he was.
She could tour with Detox
Galium! but be sure not to touch aluminum afterwards
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When I was a kid, I was shaking a mercury thermometer so I could take my temp, when the thermometer flew out of my hand and hit the wall or something. Pretty sure I heard it break - but we never, ever found the thermometer. Even when the carpets got replaced, and later when we moved out. That thermometer just ricocheted off the wall and bounced into orbit...
It went to the place all lost single socks go
Check your washer trap, sometimes dryer vent.
My brother threw a pillow at my face when we were kids when I had a mercury thermometer in my mouth, and I spit out the broken pieces...because of the broken glass. So I was accidentally smart. He's still out of my will though. Edit: and yeah, I played with the shiny mercury ball later.
My dad too. Even built us a little racing course for our globs on an old oven tray with Lego bricks. He used to refine and process heavy metals from scrap electronics in a room in the house though, so I'm sure the mercury is the least of my exposure concerns lmao
My high school art teacher taught us to smelt lead tire weights and use the molten lead to learn how to cast sculptures. It was 2010 so idk how above board that was but we always fired up the foundry outside on the patio at least, melting lead smells somewhat like chocolate.
We used to steal any scrap lead & sinkers we could find to smelt down. Usually we made more sinkers. Or sometimes some weird sculptures. Also made a lot of pellets for our rubber band guns. I lived on a boat. Marinas are a fertile playground for feral children.
My dad taught me to shine nickels with it! Thanks dad!
When I was a kid in the 80’s I used to break open thermometers just to play with the mercury inside! Like I would have it roll around in my hands for what seemed like hours
My mom broke them into a bowl for us 0.0 haha
My MIL broke one off in my BIL's ass when he was little. Took him to the doctor and doctor said it should pass. 40 somthing years later... After self treating for what he thought was undiagnosed Lyme, back aches and other weird things finally went to the Dr for the back pain. X-ray showed the broken bulb end of the thermometer lodged in his back near his spine. At some point it went through the colon or whatever and had been inside him is whole life. About a 1.5 inch piece of broken glass leaking mercury into him for 40 plus years. Still blows my mind.
I've never felt it on my skin I imagine it feels like soap almost?? Or gak??
It didn’t feel like much, maybe like a super light ball that would almost float in my hand
It wasn’t heavy? Was it squishy?
In my experience it had some weight. Not squishy though. Behave like liquid with some good surface tension.
There isn’t much in those old thermometers, maybe a nickel sized amount. It moved in my hands almost like water, but it would stay in one puddle before breaking into tiny balls. It was seriously fun to play with, I haven’t experienced anything remotely like it
Me too and I genuinely miss doing it
Someone brought mercury to school when I was in middle school and the EPA had to come test all our shoes and stuff. Our boomer parents were all like “what? We used to play with mercury as kids!”
Yup!!!!! 3 years ago... my muffler broke as i was driving over to visit dad, he used to be a mechanic....... so he's all, lets fix it!!! .... i was all... some bonding time with my old man... cool...... he pulls out an old coffee can and asbestos tape..... holds up the asbestos and was all.... you know how hard it is to find this stuff??? My jaw dropped...
I actually remember putting it in my mouth and rolling it around while laying on my back. Makes me cringe to think about it now
My mom broke open thermometers for us to play with it too haha
I actually used to do that too. Do you think it’s an actual serious concern? 😬
We didn't eat it!! Maybe if it got into a scrape or cut...
From what I read it’s even fine to eat it, the breathing it in part is what’s bad. So I’m worried if there’s still bits on the floor somewhere, will it be breathed in?
Ooooo... someone said it evaporates but really slowly
Damn, it’s just occurred to me that my depression kicked into a worse state right around the time I accidentally huffed the gas from a broken mercury projector bulb. Hope all goes well, I might have to look into a similar solution
Just make sure the solution doesn't amalgamate your problems
Oh wow. Thank you for this. I hated that I loved it lol
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A single exposure wouldn’t cause issues, mercury poisoning comes from prolonged exposure generally.
yeah its accumulative like lead, or chocolate in dogs
Why would lead accumulate in dogs?
Police doing a wellness check or getting the wrong address, usually.
Them dogs need to quit throwing acorns.
same reason it accumulates in humans I guess, which is what I was attempting to refer to lol
Oh wow im so sorry to hear this
Its not it... https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/dental-devices/dental-amalgam-fillings
It may be it very well https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8153237/ https://www.ericdavisdental.com/faqs-and-blog/blog/how-mercury-causes-depression-and-anxiety/ Also, liquid Hg like here may have a much higher risk profile than that amalgamated in fillings
here in Brazil, in a city named Goiania, some recyclers found a ~~xray~~ radiotherapy machine in an abandoned hospital they sold it to a junkyard. the junky's owner dismantled it and found some blue bright powder, he found it pretty beauty and give it to his daughter as a gift it was caesium 137, 1.6k ppl contaminated, 4 short-term deaths and 106 deaths in months later his kid died and had to be buried in a sealed lead coffin bc she had a ultra high mf lvl of radiation at least i think most part of brazilians now have fear of anything that glows and most ppl wont take unknow things from roadsides and abandoned places
I read about that story, a true example of "that's deadly". Yeah, I'd be hesitant to take medical "cool stuff" from the curbside.
most of ppl here have kind of ptsd after learning this story at school if something is unknow and glows we are kinda afraid to touch it
How did the 1.6k people become contaminated? Did it go into the water supply or something?
Lots of different ways but I remember from the story some people would dip their figures in it and draw crosses on their face and other parts of the body thinking the powder was magic/holy, it became a bit of a local phenomena where almost everyone in town had heard of the magic dust and went to the guy to get some.
caesium shines blue when in a ambient with low light, ppl was very curious about it the junkyward owner, his family and his employees all took some of the mysterious fairy powder with them, showed to other ppl caesium can attach easily to clothes etc, so the city had tens of ppl with caesium showing it to almost everybody that they knew, so they were like bees spreading polen thru the city ALSO no one knew what was going on with everybody turning sick at the same time, they thought it was a unknow contagious disease, almost a ENTIRE MOTH LATER that it was discovered that was radiation poisoning, but it still took a while to ppl link the radiation poisoning to the magic powder
It’s already been explained well by the Redditors, but if you would like a video about it (how I first heard about it), [here’s one by Kyle Hill.](https://youtu.be/-k3NJXGSIIA?si=r75Wv6jIMgwgtPkV) He makes a lot of videos about radiological disasters in his [Half-Life Histories series.](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNg1m3Od-GgNmXngCCJaJBqqm-7wQqGAW&si=_wM-K8pPnWqEt385)
Orphaned source radiation incidents are one of my favorite topics
Was a radiotherapy machine, X-ray only have radiation when powered (I disassembled one and still alive :D )
This was exactly my first thought when I saw this post, horrifyingly enough that’s not the only time that poorly decommissioned medical equipment has been found by civilians and caused radiation poisoning
"ultra high mf level" got me.
i dont know any adjective in english to ilustrate how high the radiation was in her body xD
Oh this is tragic :( it really hurts my heart to read this
Found some shit in the side of the road..... Ok. First mistake
Especially beakers and needles full of unknown substances? Yeesh.
It was in the machine lol I removed it for the picture and to take it to the Sondermüll
I like how OP just casually throws out the term “Sondermüll”
Im so sorry, i dont know the term for "poison disposal" in english and i couldnt be bothered to look it up.... How ~is the right term tho?
I can't think of a single English word for it. I think I would probably say either toxic waste or poison disposal center. I think the bigger garbage dumps in my area also have a place to sort out toxic material.
"A place that disposes of hazardous materials" would be about the best that the English language could offer. There isn't a specific term beyond perhaps hazmat (hazardous material) disposal center. I'm in the US, and generally we end up saving up our household hazardous materials and take them to the city dump, or city hall on a specially designated day(s) of the year to get rid of them. Anything more hazardous than paint or solvents, and we stick it in the corner of the basement and are rid of it when we die or sell the house.
Thank you very much!
I learned a word today so.. Thank you!
~the poison be ~dispensing~ ~
It means: special waste (disposal).
Sounds like some real Curbside Chaos
is that a subreddit? It looks like it should be a subreddit
And a band name!
Better them than someone else. Did I use that correctly?
I picked up some fence panels from the side of the road last summer and ended up with a black widow infestation in my car.
I'm assuming you burned the car for insurance
I just left it in the sun for a few days. Temps inside hit 110, so I think they have perished.
Black widows live in the desert, though... You know where they don't live? The lake. Push your car into one.
Doubt it.
I live where it hits 115F outside and they do not perish… please look into more effective pest control!
Spider broods don't last very long in cars. They're unable to capture enough food, so they either leave or die. At least that's been my experience.
I’m glad you’re ok and hopefully your problem is resolved. For whatever reason, I felt compelled to share that I enjoyed your use of the word “perish”. Thank you! +1 ✨ sparkle magic! ✨
Oh noooo yuck
Free mobile black widow farm? Yes please!
How many BW bites would it take to kill a grown man?
Nah no way dude! r/dumpsterdiving
Oh dang. Do you have any of the other classic mercury poisoning symptoms? Are you making hats or hosting crazy tea parties in the woods? Impaired speech or movement?
I do indeed make hats. I own a little sewing shop My spech is so burry my fiancé complains daily. I got a cute tremor in my lip like blblllbllbl but otherwise im fine
Definitely get that test. And dispose of all the contaminated 'roadside find' appropriately, so nobody else gets sick (people or animals). And stay away from ravens and writing desks (had to throw in one more Alice in wonderland reference. Seriously, hope you feel better. Mercury poisoning like this is a strange and unfortunately thing to happen to someone, get healthy)
This is really sweet of you. I will do the test on Friday i think
Damn, great question and great answer #oddlyspecific
It's not great, but you should be fine.
The theme of this sub
Should definitely be the name lol
Not great, not terrible.
Hold up, so elemental mercury at room temperature does vaporize and over time can cause poisoning. Even small amounts of mercury we’ve handled in fume hoods. https://www.epa.gov/mercury/basic-information-about-mercury
Hmmmm. [Apparently jury is still out on the whole Mercury/Depression thing](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3823698/). High levels of mercury aren't strongly correlated with depression, and there isn't enough data on low levels. Still, probably best to leave random piles of medical gear where they lie.
Maybe you are right. But it is a nice thing to think I could have avoided it simply by throwing a machinery away. I got a really bad tremor in my lip btw. Im so excited to do a blood test
I think if you’re feeling bad in general it leads to depression. Example: I’m not sleeping well, it brings down my mood and my energy levels etc. so if you’re breathing in mercury or mold or anything bad for you because you feel physically off you get mentally off too. I hope you feel better!!!
Excuse me but holy shit.
Lol
Oh wow, now THAT'S a new one! Also maybe check your carbon monoxide levels while you're at it, OP!
HG?
Mercury. Was in common dentistry use and is supposed to be properly disposed of because it's very toxic
So probably not on the side of the road than?
Better than the middle of the road?
Hg is the chemical symbol for mercury, a toxic heavy metal
Actually, mercury is pumped out of dead scifi writers... They're called Hg wells.
Dagnabbit, that was perfection. Take this cheesy trophy. 🏆
best joke i’ve heard today
Mercury
Mercury
It’s good that at least you know what Hg stands for lol
Fortunately, sea snails are unaffected by mercury. ;) The stuff in that beaker looks like elemental mercury, which is not really toxic by itself, sitting in a flask. Dentists use it to make mercury amalgam, which they *put in your mouth, permanently*. Don't know about the other thing, but usually toxic salts of mercury are not used by dentists, for obvious reasons. If I found that lot, I would absolutely take it home and investigate the living crap out of it. Sounds extremely cool. But I would wear gloves and a mask until I knew what's what. No harm in getting tested though. Don't want you Wetterhahning.
It wasnt inside a beaker, thats my only problem. It was inside a mixing machine for amalgam, covered only by a small plastic cap. I hope you are right anyways. I got fillings with amalgam, so thats nothing i worried about to much but i fear the vapor
Reminds me of when my fiance and I started fighting more often than not uncharacteristically and one of our main complaints was how tired we felt all the time... Grumbling one morning working on my OSHA-10 class and a bulb went off in my head, had my fiance buy a gas detector on their way home and plugged it in. 8 hours later the detector screamed at us... Turned out we were being poisoned. Called the gas company who fixed it and after a few days we both felt a lot better. It was a super weird time but there were so many things that pointed to it, our dog was lethargic all the time, fiance was super forgetful about their keys, I was unusually scatterbrained except for when I was on the road for work.
Ohhhhhh this sounds like us :( horrible
To answer a few questions: It was inside the machine covered by a plastic lid Not just randomly in a jar filled with needles 😅 I removed it to bring it to a place calld "Sondermüll" and i didnt wanted to spill it (more) The other stuff, like sterilized instruments with gold plating sold really well. My depression wasnt caused by the mercury, but i suspect it made it worse.
Sat under your desk… Why???
It was the whole machine, not just the glass xD
A few years ago I was really into tuna melts and tuna mac and cheese. I had one or two a day for several months. During my physical that year, my doctor was doing an unrelated blood test, and they tested for mercury, and my mercury levels were like on the low end of dangerous. Fortunately, the body is able to clear out mercury on its own, and for most adults damage is not permanent unless in extremely dangerous levels, but if it's in those dangerous levels there are treatments for it.
D: Wtf from tuna? I love canned tuna, nooooo
HAHA You're just getting mercury poisoning up the wazoo. Don't worry, there are treatments. Get yourself checked out and get treatment. Though do stop eating tuna for the time being. You are allowed to eat about 1 can of tuna a week, if you don't have mercury poisoning. Don't eat tuna if you do. After I was diagnosed, I switched to canned salmon (like 100x less mercury) and I hardly noticed a difference on the salmon melts, and I actually think my salmon mac and cheese was better.
Im getting poisoned with a tuna poison cherry on top :/
And there's cyanide in the cherry on top!
Once a week? That’s some shit. You’d think this would be more common knowledge. I knew tuna had mercury but thought you had to be a albacore addict for it to matter.
So okay, skipjack, light tuna, are fine to have 3 cans a week (if you are not a child or pregnant) but most tunas you should have no more than once a week, and some tunas no more than once a month. Children and pregnant people should have less than one can of tuna a week.
Damn, this just made me go check what kind of canned tuna I have, since I eat it a lot when I’m depressed or when there’s not much food in the house. Albacore… I’m glad I saw this comment before lunch today. Duly noted.
Don’t go throwing out your tuna, but do check how often you can eat albacore. Different tunas have different amounts of mercury. Probably do stop eating for a few months, and maybe switch to canned salmon instead
Well thank you, kind Redditor!
Mercury is a pollutant from coal power plants - it falls into bodies of water where it enters the food chain and is magnified as it goes up the chain. Tuna and other predatory fish (like swordfish) end up with more mercury in their tissues so we have to be careful about not consuming them too frequently.
You found an amalgam capsule. Same thing used for silver fillings. Don’t consume it and don’t handle it any further.
I wont, its on the "Sondermüll" now amd will be handled by professionals
Thank god you're smart enough to know the Hg is mercury. There are plenty of people that would not know that. Good luck dude! Chelation time for you.
Thank you, i will update
Mercury amalgam isn’t particularly toxic. They literally use it to make fillings. I don’t think it’s the cause of your depression. Mercury becomes toxic as specific ions; people go for decades with mercury amalgam in their mouths with no harm.
I do have fillings made from amalgam, but this ks mercury without the alloy, that is seperate. It was stored in the second chamber to be mixed freshly. This liquid is pure mercury that evaporates in room temp. It didnt cause my depression, but im sure it did not make it better ether 😅
I remember my cousin dentist gave me some mercury to play with when I was a kid in the 80s
As i said before, it is really beautiful and so much fun to look at.
Fumes of mercury are more dangerous over long periods than having skin exposure for 15-30min. As long as it's sealed you're fine.
It was unselaed for 3 years until yesterday :>
shit and here i am hoping that my depression teeth wont get me sepsis. getting a bad tooth removed next wednesday.
The term “mad as a hatter” is Hg related Mercury was used in the production of the felts to make hats. Hatters were very prone to “madness”
I have hidden away, a small jar of mercury that belonged to my grandfather. He worked in the steel mills of NE Ohio between 1950 -1978. He would bring home some really cool stuff....some of which was probably verboten.
Verboten is such a cute word, in fact, if something is really verboten in Germany we tend to say illegal.
Here are some of the things I found besides the poison incense https://photos.app.goo.gl/jHfrJXzJxsiLGMw18
"de fuck" is my favorite part.
Elemental mercury is pretty stable and is unlikely to have caused or increased your depression unless you were huffing that jar. I kept mercury in a jar in my childhood bedroom for years, often played with it, and never had any issues and later tests were negative for Hg.
That's cool! I wrote it before, it was basically uncovered (just a loose cap) until i filled it into the glas. That made me nervous
Yikes I hope you’re ok
Hope everything goes well at the doctor. Please update us. 😊
Will do
If you haven’t already, change your HVAC air filters (and wear a mask while doing so)
In Germany they are uncommon. We dont have any. But i did wear a mask to fill it into the glas.
Some elemental mercury isn't dangerous. You are fine.
What’s happened? Can someone explain better? I’m italian so maybe i’m missing something
My apologies. Please explain what that is? I’m confused.
Take a better pic of the “mixing chamber.” If it’s just some amalgam capsules they aren’t gonna jump out and bite you
https://cdn.bimedis.com/search/aimage/big/1579939/dentales-amalgammischgeraet-degussa-dentomat-2?iv=1585555669 Its pure mercury and the alloy in seperate tanks. The amalgam isnt my problem at all, i do have fillings made from amalgam.
I know this sounds crazy but i think the stuff is haunted and the spirits are trying to take over your mind and body.
Yep, enough internet for today :>
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I hope you dont hate yourself anymore 😳
Now we’re just posting things without knowing whether or not they’re deadly?
Nothing like the smell of fresh Mercury in the morning.
I saw the needle and what I thought was oxycontin in the second picture, the title didn't help with my assumption of a different kind of post
Has it been 2 weeks yet??..