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Mecury
Hazard:
It's perfectly safe to touch, I held it in science class once but of course you're not supposed to eat it.
--- Quote from: Eryehk on August 24, 2009, 10:13:02 PM ---I don't know about you but when a metal is always liquid, its never safe.
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Just because it's liquid doesn't mean it's dangerous. It just means that the temperature where it melts is a lot lower than other things. Water is technically liquid ice and it's perfectly safe. Anything solid is technically "frozen". Frozen doesn't always mean cold, it just means solid and everything has a different temperature where it's solid or liquid and technically you're frozen.
(Yes, I know I used the word technically a lot....)
Inv3rted:
By "always", he means the substance at room temperature.
--- Quote from: Hazard on August 24, 2009, 10:27:41 PM ---...and technically you're frozen.
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People are not made of one substance in a solid state. Inside each and every cell, there is a vast liquid reservoir called the cytoplasm. The cell membrane, being only a few molecules in thickness, is hard to define as in a state. Other organelles are solid yes, but that doesn't mean you can categorize the human body as a whole "solid".
Pah1023:
I know its poisonous if not alot
I just wanted to make sure
Niliscro:
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.
Rughugger:
Mercury is a toxin to Humans. It acts on the body a lot like a poison. Most thermometers nowadays are made to exclude mercury simply due to the fact that if a thermometer breaks, one has to evacuate the area immediately to avoid exposure. If you actually find a mercury thermometer, you're lucky. But it doesn't make the junk in there safe for consumption.
Since you even have to ask the question, I now know why they have a site like this. Its to make sure you don't kill yourself through self stupidity. Although why we want to keep stupid people alive is beyond me...
http://www.rinkworks.com/said/warnings.shtml