Mercury Spill at my school...

[konechiwa 10+ year member]

when I was elementary school, we were relocated so they could build a new school. We were relocated to an older high school.

Needless to say, AFTER ONE YEAR of us going into the music room, they figured out it was LOADED with ASBESTOS.

Needless to say, I never went into that room again. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[bds0688 10+ year member]

Actually, elemental mercury is not poisonous to humans. It is not bio-available to our systems.You could literally swallow elemental mercury and see little to no effect.

BUT, organic-mercury compounds can be HIGHLY poisonous.

*cough* Toxicology major *cough*

Not that I am questioning you, but what is the difference?

 

[konechiwa 10+ year member]

Not that I am questioning you, but what is the difference?

the element mercury is a pure, 100% mercury blob. Organic mercury, I assuming, is not 100% mercury, but a combination a few things (majority of it mercury) however the concotion is what makes it posionous.

Am i close?

 

[GSRswapandslow 10+ year member]

hoss's semen = organic mecury

 

[konechiwa 10+ year member]

hoss's vaginal fluid = organic mecury

fixed.

 

[quakerroatmeal 10+ year member]

The schools going to get owned paying for the hazmat crew to come clean it up/take care of it.

 

[Mr Wiggl3s 10+ year member]

Lol @ "small amount"

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

Actually, elemental mercury is not poisonous to humans. It is not bio-available to our systems.You could literally swallow elemental mercury and see little to no effect.

BUT, organic-mercury compounds can be HIGHLY poisonous.

*cough* Toxicology major *cough*

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/word.gif.64b12e39f936af3b4fff38a1c0bd0244.gif They did a episode of it on CSI.

id really like to see you eat mercury to prove this

IIRC, it's the vapors that are harmful.

 

[Crzy 10+ year member]

mercury cant be that bad i have an old skippy jar the big glass ones filled with mercury. was my dads he claimed he always played with it when he was little and when i was little i also played with it. that stuff feels so cool just in ur hand its weird

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

This is the same school that sent out the email i talked about here

http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=274689

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

I played with it when I was little and didnt know what it was at a doctors office... my mom freaked out lol

i used to break open thermometers and play with it.

I think the dangers are over-hyped.

 

[NE14MX 10+ year member]

Not that big of a deal. Just about every science lab in teh country could be shut down if a small Hg spill warranted that.

 

[Captain_Ahab 5,000+ posts]

mercury cant be that bad i have an old skippy jar the big glass ones filled with mercury. was my dads he claimed he always played with it when he was little and when i was little i also played with it. that stuff feels so cool just in ur hand its weird

lmfao..

Our chemistry teacher in high school got some out and played around with it to show us, never directly touched it though. Cool stuff.

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

They have officially closed down the entire building for the semester, hopefully they wont be changing the time of my classes, if they do imma be very very angry

The Science Building will be closed for the spring 2008 semester.
As announced previously, elemental mercury has been detected on the third

floor, and Concord has contracted a professional hazardous waste disposal

company for remediation. The building is being closed to permit the hazmat

firm to complete its search and removal process.

Our office is working with the Natural Sciences Division to establish

alternate locations for classes and faculty offices. The plan of action is

to be in place by the end of this week, so students, faculty and staff are

urged to consult University media and posted notices about the revised term

schedule.

got another email from my t/thurs professor saying this

We are SO NOT cancelling class.
See you Thursday, in Admin 321.

Call or email if you have questions.

yay

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

Just an update for you guys who care, upon removing the floor boards in some of the math offices there were pools of mercury balls laying on the ground. also the maximum level acceptable by OSHA is .05 on some meter, and everyhwere in that building is ~ 2.0 ... now screening faculty for mercury. Some was even found in there homes and vehicles