OMG Mercury.

walks

:oWe really dont know where it came from and why she had got it, we are just gob smacked to be honest !!! can not remember what the tin was that he said i remember thinking a tin about 6-8inchs high about 4 across will ring and ask when he finishes work.
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wallbash

Its not really the tin size, its the weight of the mercury

Alan_M_2

Mercury is used extensively in open gold mining, maybe your dear old Mum had a hobby you were unaware of;)

macman

Or maybe she was in the hat-making industry?
Have a word with your local chemist, they might be able to advise on safe disposal.

Vibrant

Mercury isn't particularly dangerous, as long as you aren't handling it every day. The body excretes it fairly easily.
We used to play with it in science lessons at school, even my mum did and at 85 years old, it doesn't seem to have done her any harm.

We used it in the welders where I used to work and the contaminated mercury was returned to a lab for reprocessing. It is very expensive, so well worth a bit of research to see if you can sell it as scrap.

mikey72

Look up a metal recycling place in yellow pages, and sell it to them.

1984ReturnsForReal_2

Can I have it???

You can do some cool stuff with it...

(with the appropriate protective gear on of course.. )

Blackpool_Saver

yes, I too remember rolling it round my hand at school....

wallbash

yes, I too remember rolling it round my hand at school....

Sitting next to the Bunsen burner , which rested on the Asbestos sheet .

And people wonder why some of us are critical of some Health /Safety rules!

1984ReturnsForReal_2

wallbash wrote: »

Sitting next to the Bunsen burner , which rested on the Asbestos sheet .

The bunsen burners that were fed by brittled & cracked rubber tube & held onto the gas terminal by a sharp clip..

But all was well if there was a fire extinguisher in the next building.