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Originally Posted by Jaden
Metallic mercury is not that toxic. You could drink plenty of it without consequence. (other than shitting silver)
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Eh? but won't oxidize, while you digest it and become toxic?
I know that fumes ARE toxic, for example if you break an old thermometer it's better to avoid breathing it because it gives minute quantities, and when mercury lamps give, they are in fact poisonous long term, and short term dangerous for the eyes...
Not to mention that it would probably block or at least stay forever at you stomach, intestines (considering its weight), and make digestion forever harder? Dunno, not a doctor, but sounds like a really bad idea to drink it
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Originally Posted by Jaden
Not sure what happens if you inject it though. Certain environments, bacteria or chemists can synthesize organic mercury compounds which are slow poisons. Then there's mercury cyanide which is as nasty as it sounds.
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OK! that sounds even worse of an idea than drinking it, probably it will burst your vein right then and there
