13 Jan
2006
13 Jan
'06
9:35 a.m.
Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
Yeah. I believe that the point was that many
organomercuric compounds
are significantly more toxic than metallic mercury alone. The canonical
example is usually dimethylmercury. It killed a well known chemistry
professor in 1997 when she spilled just two drops on her latex glove.
Metallic mercury isn't *nearly that toxic*.
Peace... Sridhar
Yup, read about that just last night.
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA