On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:13:15 -0500, "Ed Huntress"
wrote:


"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.

Oh, here's a website that explains the dangers in simple, general terms, if
you're interested:

http://www.calpoison.org/public/mercury.html

The really horrific effects in Japan back in the 50s were from methyl
mercury compounds released by Chisso Chemical into Minamata Bay..
where the town's food supply was fished from.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamata_disease

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
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