6 Nov
2001
6 Nov
'01
2:56 a.m.
On Nov 6, 7:44, Feldman, Robert wrote:
do shudder a bit to think of some of things we did,
though, like playing
with big globs of mercury in our hands.
I still have a jar containing about 1/4 pint of the stuff :-)
BTW, water glass is Sodium Silicate, not phenothalien.
And carbon tet,
not
benzene, was dry cleaning fluid.
Yup. But it's spelt "phenolphthalein".
As kids, my brothers and I used carbon tet
in killing jars to gas butterflys for our collection. It is banned in
most
places now, and benzene use is severely restricted, as
it too is a strong
carcinogen and bad for your internal organs.
It's been banned here for 25 years or so.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
6 Nov
6 Nov
8:21 a.m.
Had a large marble sized blob of it myself. The danger is more in mercuric
oxide from what I gathered from HS science and snooping the internet, unless
it's in your mouth in fillings mixed with silver. I was crazy before the
fillings so I doubt it's done anything compared to the way I was beforehand.
-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
-> On Nov 6, 7:44, Feldman, Robert wrote:
->
-> > do shudder a bit to think of some of things we did, though,
-> like playing
-> > with big globs of mercury in our hands.
->
-> I still have a jar containing about 1/4 pint of the stuff :-)
->
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