Re: What else is there to drink?
From: Mary Shafer (miliff_at_qnet.com)
Date: 07/10/04
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Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 21:57:26 -0700
On 9 Jul 2004 12:27:50 -0700, hmoulding@excite.com (Helge Moulding)
wrote:
> I wonder. Even if Hg remained chemically inert in its journey through
> the GI tract, and didn't get absorbed in any noticable (i.e. harmful)
> quantities (which I seriously doubt in defiance of the rumors), 250 ml
> is fairly massive. Just its weight alone might do some damage. It's
> more than 13 times as dense as water, and a quarter liter (about a cup
> of the stuff for us USAns) would weigh in at almost seven pounds. Just
> the mechanics of moving that through the gut might be a problem, never
> mind how it's going to pull on the intestines.
At one time mercury was used for constipation because it was heavy and
went right straight through. Sort of the RotoRooter effect. I don't
know the exact dosage, though.
I believe that mercury itself isn't poisonous, but organic compounds
are. However, that doesn't explain the hysteria about mercury
thermometers or spilled mercury, so maybe it isn't true.
Mary
-- Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer miliff@qnet.com
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