5th grade teacher had a small jar in his desk...would let us stick our fingers into it. Inevitably it got spilled. The Janitor just swept it up using the same wide dust broom he'd push down the aisle, then a smaller brush and dustpan. We we all all livv lived.
These days, they'd close the whole school for the rest of the week while the Hasmat team worked the issue in the one classroom.
I still have a vial of pure Mercury I bought as a teenager. It's in a plastic bottle, I wish I knew where it was. It's maybe 1 oz.
Very cool stuff. I also have some mercury wetted relays (military), big ones I use in my dummy load - speaker switching panel.
Very cool stuff. I also have some mercury wetted relays (military), big ones I use in my dummy load - speaker switching panel.
Yes, my mother was treated for acne with X-rays when she was a teenager. She "lived" to be 80 but her last years weren't pretty when they chopped away a third of her face for severe skin cancer. This argument about "we touched/ate/drank/bathed in XXX when we were kids" belongs in the Smithsonian.
There is no question that we were exposed to known dangerous substances and situations when many of us were young. Part of this was attitude, and part lack of knowledge.
Today we would never allow this, but I also think we are today prone to over-reaction - big time!
The pendulum has to swing back to a happy central place, a balance. We worry about things that are not problems today.
Today we would never allow this, but I also think we are today prone to over-reaction - big time!
The pendulum has to swing back to a happy central place, a balance. We worry about things that are not problems today.