• DrRatso
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    4 months ago

    Its also harmless, generally, when ingested as the gastrointestinal absorption of elemental mercury is negligible. It is inhalation that is most concerning with elemental mercury.

    • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      4 months ago

      Except eating paint chips with lead made a lot of kids dumb. Lead based paint held up awesome, but it was banned due to injection. Not inhalation. Even now, 40+ years later it’s still the leading cause of lead poisoning in children.

      • DrRatso
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        4 months ago

        I mean… we’re talking about mercury here, not lead.

        • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          4 months ago

          Oh, fuck me. Lol. I commented last night and then responded back today and in between my mind totally flipped to thinking it was about lead.