tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post6049625378183676064..comments2024-03-29T09:05:29.819-04:00Comments on Chemjobber: More abandoned labs causing problemsChemjobberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932113680515602275noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-17094503339893450122019-12-23T21:17:49.743-05:002019-12-23T21:17:49.743-05:00My physics teacher (late 80's) had pools of me...My physics teacher (late 80's) had pools of mercury in his classroom (he'd been around my school for 30? years). He got kind of cranky near the end of his career and I wonder if mercury exposure (8 h/d, 5d/week to Hg vapor for a long time) could have contributed.Hapnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-20525717747063537032019-12-23T12:11:20.792-05:002019-12-23T12:11:20.792-05:00I had a few grad school classmates whose high scho...I had a few grad school classmates whose high school chemistry teachers poured mercury on desks for kids to play with as recently as the 1990s.KTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-26515402094515570672019-12-23T11:34:36.769-05:002019-12-23T11:34:36.769-05:00"he was also playing with the mercury" -..."he was also playing with the mercury" - clearly what science classes the fellow took in school did not take.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-23481654079078823832019-12-23T09:16:12.182-05:002019-12-23T09:16:12.182-05:00I wonder what else was lying around there though.....I wonder what else was lying around there though...Hapnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-43115014645608010162019-12-23T07:54:15.500-05:002019-12-23T07:54:15.500-05:00Usually Hg in labs is stored in clear glass bottle...Usually Hg in labs is stored in clear glass bottles. The silvery appearance makes it stand out. The volume of 11 lb. Hg is ~370 mL.qvxb1noreply@blogger.com