Someone recently asked on OM digest #2505:
"Should mercury (being so toxic) be stored so close to food items?"
Who says it's toxic, and toxic to whom? (:-))
The Hg cells are perfectly safe with your food in the reefer. After
all, Hg has been perfectly safe in dental fillings, thermometers,
merthiolate, and as a perversative (oops, I meant preservative) in
contact lens solutions, and virtually every vaccine known to man (check
your flu shot for thimersol!) for countless decades, and in some cases
centuries. Never mind that you can't hardly buy an Hg thermometer,
merthiolate, or contact lens solutions containing Hg anymore. But if
it's safe enough to shoot into your body directly, it must pass muster
somewhere. :-)
Regards, David Duff (who has degrees in Biology, Education, and
Photography, and is willing to sell his credentials and conscience to
the highest-paying desperate Hg peddler to keep himself in OM gear.)
:-)
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