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by AnDowNS 4076 days ago
While there are some extremely toxic mercury compounds, elemental mercury is not among them. See: http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM200006153422405
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refurb 4076 days ago
Wow! I had no idea you could inject that much mercury and have so few side effects from it. The article states she injected 10 mL of mercury which, due the density of mercury, is 136 g or 0.3 lbs.
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