where to dispose old mercury thermostat

geno

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Smash it into bits at a local playground. Proceed to smear mercury on the slide and swings.


In all honesty, my city has a dump where you can get rid of stuff like that, batteries, CRT's, etc, maybe your town has something similar?
 
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Originally posted by: geno
Smash it into bits at a local playground. Proceed to smear mercury on the slide and swings.

will do so as soon as my hazmat suit is back from the dry cleaners.
 

JEDI

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Originally posted by: geno
Smash it into bits at a local playground. Proceed to smear mercury on the slide and swings.


In all honesty, my city has a dump where you can get rid of stuff like that, batteries, CRT's, etc, maybe your town has something similar?

wtf? is a fraction of a oz of mercury is that dangerous now?!

what happens if you handle that little mercury with your bare hands?
 

Epic Fail

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Originally posted by: JEDI
Originally posted by: geno
Smash it into bits at a local playground. Proceed to smear mercury on the slide and swings.


In all honesty, my city has a dump where you can get rid of stuff like that, batteries, CRT's, etc, maybe your town has something similar?

wtf? is a fraction of a oz of mercury is that dangerous now?!

what happens if you handle that little mercury with your bare hands?

You get the herpes.
 

PottedMeat

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Originally posted by: JEDI
Originally posted by: geno
Smash it into bits at a local playground. Proceed to smear mercury on the slide and swings.


In all honesty, my city has a dump where you can get rid of stuff like that, batteries, CRT's, etc, maybe your town has something similar?

wtf? is a fraction of a oz of mercury is that dangerous now?!

what happens if you handle that little mercury with your bare hands?

You know how when you clench your hand around a penny real hard and it goes under your skin and burrows its way into your brain? Yeah like that.