OT--does mercury vapour escape through hard plastic?

[Guest guest]

Yes, " mess " is the word....

Probably not, but over time it might do something to the plastic - I'm

not enough of a chemist to know. Why? Are you keeping a collection of

your old amalgam fillings?

:-\

Dave.

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aoife.nelson <http://profiles.yahoo.com/aoife.nelson>

Sat May 10, 2008 7:52 am (PDT)

Hi everyone I am new here,

I had my 9 fillings replaced end of 2007 and am cleaning up the mess

since.

I have a question about mercury vapour...can it escape through a

plastic tube which has a lid on it?

[Guest guest]

No, you're ok.

But I can certainly identify with being paranoid - I don't want the damn

stuff around me either!

Dave.

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Posted by: " aoife.nelson " aoife.nelson@...

Wed May 14, 2008 1:21 pm (PDT)

Hi Dave,Thanks for reply,reason I ask,

Someone brought a plastic tube of mercury into my house to muscle

test me with...(to see if mercury was my problem,but I already knew

it was)when I realised what it was I freaked and asked him to take it

out of my house. But was worried that my house now contaminated with

mercury vapour.