Lol yea
it cant get absorbedI didnt touch/eat/got exposed to it
im just wondering
How about the amt. in a thermometer would it be poisonous?
Any amount is poisonous. That's how poisons work.
If you really want a number, the best number I can give you is this:
10 mg/cu m (as Hg) is "immediately dangerous to life or health*"
If you really want to know more, go to
http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?HSDB and search for 7439-97-6.
*Definitions you probably don't need or want:
The source uses the the OSHA definition- An atmospheric concentration of any toxic, corrosive or asphyxiant substance that poses an immediate threat to life or would cause irreversible or delayed adverse health effects or would interfere with an individual's ability to escape from a dangerous atmosphere (or to escape unaided from a permit space if you are indoors). A permit-required confined space (permit space) means a confined space that has one or more of the following characteristics:
(1) Contains or has a potential to contain a hazardous atmosphere;
(2) Contains a material that has the potential for engulfing an entrant;
(3) Has an internal configuration such that an entrant could be trapped or asphyxiated by inwardly converging walls or by a floor which slopes downward and tapers to a smaller cross-section; or
(4) Contains any other recognized serious safety or health hazard.It's not in thermometers anymore.
My mom used to play with it when she was a kid, and she seems to be alive now. However, nowadays, even if the tiniest amount spills in our school they evacuate. It isn't loving uranium or anything.
If the school didn't do it some stupid lawsuit crazy parents would sue the school just to make a quick buck. The school would be all over the news for endangering the lives of children and failing to properly protect them from hazardous chemicals.
They don't evacuate you for your safety, the evacuate you for their safety.
