"Joe AutoDrill" wrote in message
news:IcUxj.44345$R_5.34086@trnddc08...
I wonder if the recycling folks anywhere will receive mercury...
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Sure. We have mercury recycling run by the county here in Middlesex, Joe.
Where are you? Somerset or Hunterdon? They probably have mercury
recycling. They get mostly old thermometers and mercury switches, but
they took a couple of ounces from me last year, which was amalgamated
with lead.

I still have a pound or two that I bought 25 years ago for cleaning out
the lead in the muzzle brake on my Hi-Standard Supermatic. It takes about
one ounce every 10 years, so I'll have it for a while. d8-)

Oh... I don't have any... I don't want any... But I wondered what the
going rate was if you waked in with a 5 lb. cup full of the stuff.

I'm in Morris now, will drive through Somerset on the way home and wind up
in scenic Essex when I get there.

First off, don't freak out over metallic mercury. The dangerous stuff is the
organic compounds. With metallic mercury, brief exposure of the skin and so
on is not a real danger. In fact, kids who swallow mercury from thermometers
are not in danger if they're healthy.

However, if you're pregnant, or are planning to become pregnant, stay away
from it. d8-)

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Ed Huntress