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.
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Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
Received on Tue Nov 06 2001 - 10:56:48 GMT