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13 Jan 2006

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 From: "C Fernandez" <fernande at
internet1.net>

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 
Hi
 Botulism toxin has nothing in it that isn't already
in our bodies but a tiny fraction of a drop would kill
hundreds. I used to play with balls of metalic mercury
on my bare hands ( it hasn't effected me much other than
the urge to collect old computers ). Like most things,
it isn't the parts that kill you it is the hold thing.
Dwight