how dangerous

woop

were old mercury camera batteries? just thinking of buying an old film camera off ebay and wondering is there any reason to be paranoid of mercury poisioning:o

melekalikimaka

not dangerous enough to be a paranoid... not pregnant are ya ???

woop

melekalikimaka wrote: »

not dangerous enough to be a paranoid... not pregnant are ya ???

nope, well I hope not:)
Im a man

I work in a lab so ive had the bejaysus scared out of me in order to try and instill some caution when it comes to chemicals

Burnt

The batteries use mercury oxide which is an orange-y powder
and relatively stable at room temperature. This can be absorbed
through the skin but if they aren't leaking and you don't eat
them burn them or mix with bleach and it will be all hunky-dory

If they are leaking/busted use some latex gloves from you lab and dispose off

pullandbang

woop wrote: »

old mercury camera batteries?

Knew a fella had some of them one time......................Lord rest him!

Ghost Train

there are usually some substitute battery or adapter that you can get to get around the problem

Fajitas!

Try not to chew or lick them.

You can get some pretty nice convertors, which work a charm, and save the hassle of ordering new batteries online every time you need'em.

Barname

just dont strap it to your groin area and head stateside.....

eas

Burnt wrote: »

burn them or mix with bleach

just out of curiosity - what would happen if someone did those things?

Fajitas!

eas wrote: »

just out of curiosity - what would happen if someone did those things?

There's a slight chance you'd get high off the fumes produced.



Oh, and a fairly high chance you'd do some nasty damage to your lungs...

eas

Fajitas! wrote: »

Oh, and a fairly high chance you'd do some nasty damage to your lungs...

even through an ice funnel?

Fajitas!

Give it a try and let me know

Diabhal_Glas

Woop whats the camera?:D