Ian Goddard wrote:
>
> At 10:30 AM 03/07/2001 +0100, Eugene Leitl wrote:
> >
> >The point of amalgam mercury is whether mouth flora can methylate it (so
> >brush your teeth, and don't gargle with methyliodide too frequently, ok?).
> >Age and personal susceptibility is another major factor.
>
> IAN: But methylmercury is even more toxic:
>
> "METHYLMERCURY is one of the most toxic forms of mercury
> due to its solubility in fatty tissues, ability to readily
> penetrate membranes in living organisms, and slowness to
> be excreted. Methylmercury is strongly held in brain tissue,
> while metallic mercury has little effect. Methylmercury is
> 5 to 20 times more toxic than inorganic mercury..."
> http://www.workonwaste.org/wastenots/wn115.htm
Yes, a woman who was at the time the head of the Dartmouth Chemistry
Department spilled a few drops of methylmercury on her rubber glove
protected hand, and died of methylmercury poisoning damage to her brain
within the year. It penetrated the glove and her skin in a large enough
dosage to kill her.
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