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I got exposed to toxic material of a thermometer...

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Stray Electron:
  Are you SURE that it even had mercury in the thermometer?   I hadn't seen it used in one for DECADES.  I've also never heard of one that had thallium in it.

   Thallium is extremely poisonous but if you ingested any then you be dead already.  Most of the people on this list have probably played with metallic mercury. It's just not that dangerous in the metallic form. OTOH organic mercury compounds are very toxic.

Bud:

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get on the phone to you lawyer and instruct them to sue everybody involved,from the cleaner to senior management,after all thats  the american way.

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Also start a White House petition to ban thermometers. All of them, just in case.

Tom45:

--- Quote from: StillTrying on September 12, 2019, 05:24:50 pm ---When I was at school we were chasing the silver balls around the desk with our fingers for days after the mercury experiments. ::)

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Same here. I had a bottle of mercury that I played with.

If it is going to kill me it had better hurry up. I'm in my mid 70s so the odds are that something else will get me first.

tszaboo:

--- Quote from: IanB on September 12, 2019, 05:00:11 pm ---
remember that thallium was also involved, which is a poison

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Now that you mention, the guy is dead, for sure.
Or at least he should be freaking out running for the USA healthcare, getting a 30000 USD bill for a checkup from your GP.

^^^
That is not serious, for people with broken sarcasm-o-meter.

wraper:

--- Quote from: Stray Electron on September 12, 2019, 06:10:45 pm ---Thallium is extremely poisonous but if you ingested any then you be dead already.

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You won't. It's not like you die from thallium instantly, it's slow acting.

--- Quote ---I've also never heard of one that had thallium in it.
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It's only needed in low temperature thermometers.

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