Completely and totally off-topic and without any meritwhatsoever

From: William Donzelli <aw288_at_osfn.org>
Date: Wed Sep 8 15:50:06 2004

> That's because of *chronic* exposure. The risk from a single small
> dose is not very high (though obviously it depends on the dose);

Those poor South Americans sometimes received quite a bit more than a
small dose!

I suppose it is all relative - you sitting in a room with an exposed cup
of mercury for an hour isn't too bad at all, but you sitting in a room
with an exposed cup of mercury boiling away on a hot plate is bad news.

William Donzelli
aw288_at_osfn.org
Received on Wed Sep 08 2004 - 15:50:06 BST