lostinlodos wrote:
marked141 wrote:
And a dozen+ other related items. Yes
If you accept anything following this statement and drop dead you’re decedents are not allowed to sue me. If you read any further your accept the SCOTUS level of meeting of the minds.
Let me play the I don’t care devils’ advocate here for a brief moment.
Is Mercury dangerous. Yes.
Deadly? Not to humans in normal oops moment amounts. Though it has its issues. And could definitely kill your pets or kids. if I was responsible for my baby (doggie-poo’s) death I’d probably jump off a bridge!
The biggest issue is the regulations for companies like Boardsort (and myself) to properly deal with Mercury legally.
If you acquired it after 1996 you are require by federal law to report ownership transfers of any Mercury containing device over a certain amount (I don’t know the exact quantity but it’s over one fluid ounce). Some states have lower thresholds.
Dealing with, and tracking, Mercury is a major concern for the EPA. As such nobody wants it.
Personally I go to the extreme in care to use a micro drill to remove any components with Mercury.
And I use an RFIR dual scanner to test solder on anything prior to the mid 80s. Better safe than sorry. For me AND BoardSort.
It’s just bad juju all around to mess with it.
I have a county collection on weekends that takes Mercury containing devices. They looked at me kind of strange the first few weeks I went but have come to just take my word on it after a decade of weekends.
Most Mercury devices fall into three types no matter what they actually do; tech wise.
The toaster boxes Chris warns of
Glass tubes (usually with a screw base but wire and pegs exist)
Solder.
I'm curious as to your thoughts about using mercury for gold recovery (like on gold pins); as well as, how to safely get it out of things like projector lamps, monitor tubes & coin sized batteries I find in small items from china. I recently opened up a little key chain flash lights I got from a bank & found HG (mercury) marked on a battery hidden under a regular coin battery.
From what I can tell, mercury is still used in "small-scale gold mining", with very little loss if done right. There's a few sites & videos on the subject, but I've not seen it used for scrapping. What are your thoughts?
As for the radio active, you may want to search for "David Hahn" to see what not to let your kids do with it.
There is also some you tuber examining amazon "health products" to show the radiation levels. Stuff like arm bands & wands & I think pillows. Claims that the dust is the real danger (like nearly everything else, including mercury & led, the danger is getting it in your lungs). That why its relatively safe to use "uranium glazed pottery" as dinner plates. However, one does not wear a dinner plate on its arm for 24 hours or more. Even got several products removed.
