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

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james_s:
I played with mercury many times when I was younger. You don't want to eat the stuff but don't fall for the hype and hysteria either. Just wipe it up and forget about it.

I've heard you can sprinkle powdered sulfur on mercury and it will combine into something that is easier to clean so if it was spilled on something like carpet you could try that.

StillTrying:
The mercury-thallium seems to be used to make thermometers that don't freeze down to -60 or even -200 C, I haven't seen anything on how toxic, or not the mix of the two is. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thallium.

it is used in trace amounts in selenium rectifiers

Do they give out red smoke, I used to blow them up just to see it. :(

Thallium poisoning usually results in hair loss.

Yep. ;D

For more information regarding mercury please call the Toxics and Health Hotline at the Michigan Department of Community Health 1-800-648-6942
https://www.michigan.gov/documents/mdch_MercurySpillFactsheet_85689_7.pdf

SparkyFX:
Mercury in liquid form is not a big problem, it hardly reacts with anything, you do not want to inhale the gasses. Small amounts will evaporate over time if you leave the liquid in the room and never open the windows. So with kids around or on daily exposure it would be a big No-No.

Having sat at a desk for a day... i guess someone tried scaring off the new guy?

But if you are seriously concerned, go to a doctor and have the blood levels of heavy metals checked.

Should you just be curious about how dangerous it is (not), check out Cody´s Lab on youtube, he has got a whole series about what things to do or better not to do with mercury.

HighVoltage:
There are plenty of YT videos that show how dangerous mercury vapor is for the cells in our bodies and especially the brain.

But, don't worry about touching liquid mercury.

As a kid, long before I knew about its dangerous properties, I played with liquid mercury for days and weeks and tried to suck it as high as possible in a straw and sometimes ended up having it in my mouth.
No worries!

Gyro:
It has been demonstrated that Silver-Mercury amalgam tooth fillings give off Mercury vapour every time you rub them, even many years after they were inserted.

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