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Thank you for the EHP reference.=A0 I noticed that in addition to discussing large spills, it had a couple of paragraphs concerning small metallic mercury spills (p. 149).=A0 In this section, thermometer-sized spills did not seem to result in very high mercury concentrations in the air.
Let’s face it.=A0 Mercury is not to be ignored.=A0 There is no question that it is hazardous.=A0 Nonetheless, it does not seem (to me) that small amounts, barring unusual circumstances, are cause for panic.
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Ben
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It is well-known that the uptake of metallic mercury orally is low (<0.01%) and normally without toxic effects.
Methyl mercury is mainly a vehicle for Hg2+ crossing the membranes reaching into, for instance, the brain. Hg2+ cannot pass. In the brain both Hg0 and MeHg will transform to the toxic Hg2+ which reacts with sensitive –SH groups in proteins. A good reference is: Ishitobi et al. Organic and inorganic mercury in neonatal rat brain after prenatal exposure to methylmercury and mercury vapour. EHP 2010;118: 242-248.
There are many publications reporting high indoor concentrations after mercury spills and what to do to clean-up; for instance TA Baughman: Elemental mercury spills. EHP 2006; 114: 147-152; you could also look in www.mercurypolicy.org.
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