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Mercury Spill Causes Scare at Farrington
KGMB TV news ^
| 03-09-2005
| KGMB reporter
Posted on 03/09/2005 8:39:22 PM PST by Txshep
A mercury spill at Farrington High School sent students and a teacher to the health office.
It happened when a ninth-grader cracked a 12-inch thermometer during a science experiment.
Hazmat crews say about a teaspoon of mercury spilled onto the floor.
A handful of students were exposed before the teacher cleaned up the mess.
No one complained of itching skin or headaches -- effects of extended exposure to mercury.
But the teacher and eight students were taken to the health office as a precaution.
The classroom remained off-limits until an environmental firm did a thorough clean-up.
Farrington uses mercury thermometers in physics and science classes.
TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: abysmalignorance; foolishness; hawaii; hazmat; madnessofcrowds; mercury; overkill; stupidity; theendisnigh; thermometer
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To: TASMANIANRED
Ooooohhhh!
Sounds like a party to me!
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posted on
03/09/2005 9:04:10 PM PST
by
clee1
(It takes 17 muscles to frown, 5 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm a very lazy person.)
To: Txshep
My Mama was a registered nurse, anytime a thermometer broke, She put the mercury in a pill vial, and brought it home for Me to add to My Gilbert chemistry set supplies.
50 years later, I still have enough to use for removing lead deposits from My gun barrels. I suppose I have absorbed enough mercury and lead to drive an urban child bonkers, but, Thank God, I'm a Country Boy.
I will not describe what I did with that chemistry set, I am on enough lists, already!
You can have My mercury when You pry it outta My cold, dead hands!
To: DixieOklahoma
You obviously don't know how dangerouns mercury is. One time my teacher told me a story about a kid that cracked open a container with mercury in it and played with it in his hands and rolled it around. By the end of the night he was dead.
Yes, but we are speaking about the fright factor of nonsense, not the weight of a truck that probably ran over your sick friend. Ahem.
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posted on
03/09/2005 9:06:54 PM PST
by
Txshep
To: Txshep
24
posted on
03/09/2005 9:06:56 PM PST
by
RonDog
To: Plutarch
Remember how it would roll up into little balls and you'd try to "capture" it with two pieces of paper?
:)
25
posted on
03/09/2005 9:07:32 PM PST
by
Brad’s Gramma
(aitch tee tee pea colon 2 slashes dubya dubya dubya dot proud patriots dot org)
To: RonDog
RonDog, what's the difference?
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posted on
03/09/2005 9:11:01 PM PST
by
Txshep
To: Cementjungle
There was always some kid who would bring some from a busted thermometer to school in a film vial and we'd all play around with it. I remember the feeling of it in my palm!
Of course now I have a foot growing out of my forehead.
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posted on
03/09/2005 9:11:07 PM PST
by
hemogoblin
(Tyranny's OK with liberals.)
To: Ruth A.
The sky is falling.Run for cover. We are all going to die.
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posted on
03/09/2005 9:12:21 PM PST
by
TASMANIANRED
(Certified cause of Post Traumatic Redhead Syndrome)
To: Cornpone
You're absolutely right. Hell, my dad used to break thermometers all the time when I was little just to demonstrate the properties of mercury. We are sinking into madness.
In High school and college Labs we used to "play" with mercury balls and try to pick them up and throw them at each other. In Geology, we threw big pieces of asbestos, bouncing them off of our classmates heads. I took a good many of the hits. Well, I'm 58 , and in perfect health. Haz-Mat didn't exist back then..
To: DixieOklahoma
You obviously don't know how dangerouns mercury is. One time my teacher told me a story Teachers...especially teachers into "non-matterialistic science" lie a lot.
In fact, I had several teachers tell me with a straight face that George Washington chopped down a cherry tree, and then...
Not sure if the teacher sold you a bill of goods, but they certainly told a story.
And, yes I HAVE worked with mercury, in the class room, in labs, and in amateur gold recovery from my sluiced & panned concentrates.
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posted on
03/09/2005 9:15:06 PM PST
by
ApplegateRanch
(The world needs more horses, and fewer Jackasses!)
To: ExtremeUnction
"In High school and college Labs we used to "play" with mercury balls and try to pick them up and throw them at each other. In Geology, we threw big pieces of asbestos, bouncing them off of our classmates heads. I took a good many of the hits. Well, I'm 58 , and in perfect health. Haz-Mat didn't exist back then.. I gots this funny feeling we musta gone to the same high school...the last one where they past out common sense with a diploma...
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posted on
03/09/2005 9:16:00 PM PST
by
Cornpone
(Aging Warrior -- Aim High -- Who Dares Wins)
To: DixieOklahoma
By the end of the night he was dead.What is the punch line. Was he hit by a car, struck by lightning, or given your screen name, shot by 'revenoors'.
32
posted on
03/09/2005 9:25:05 PM PST
by
PAR35
To: Brad's Gramma
The dentist I went to as a kid would give me some mercury to play with while I waited for my sister for be finished. Also, if I remember right, if you rubbed it on a nickle, it would make the nickle shiny.
To: Cementjungle
You obviously don't know how dangerouns mercury is. One time my teacher told me a story about a kid that cracked open a container with mercury in it and played with it in his hands and rolled it around. By the end of the night he was dead.
I remember the stories about being poked by a pencil and dying of lead poisoning too.
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posted on
03/09/2005 9:33:30 PM PST
by
scottywr
(The Dims new strategy..."If we lose enough elections, we'll get the sympathy vote.")
To: GrammaLou
Ahhhhhh.......yes. Back when, huh???
35
posted on
03/09/2005 9:49:24 PM PST
by
Brad’s Gramma
(aitch tee tee pea colon 2 slashes dubya dubya dubya dot proud patriots dot org)
To: TASMANIANRED
"...roll your naked body... in a vat of.. mercury..."
Ab-so-lutely depraved....I *like* it!!
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posted on
03/09/2005 9:58:29 PM PST
by
GoldCountryRedneck
(No matter where you go....there you are.)
To: Txshep
Wall thermostats have a mercury switch inside with a fairly large blob of mercury in them. We used to play with mercury in high school as well as dry ice. We liked to freeze door knobs and wait for someone to grab it.
37
posted on
03/09/2005 9:59:15 PM PST
by
Boiling point
(If God had not meant for man to eat animals, he wouldn't have made them out of meat!)
To: GoldCountryRedneck
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posted on
03/09/2005 10:00:11 PM PST
by
TASMANIANRED
(Certified cause of Post Traumatic Redhead Syndrome)
To: Cementjungle
I'll bet that 9 out of 10 people over age 40 had played with mercury at least once as a kid. I wouldn't drink the stuff, but it sure isn't *that* risky. Lots of Mexicans give liquid mercury to their infants. It's a common folk remedy for intestinal ailments...
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posted on
03/09/2005 10:01:13 PM PST
by
null and void
(Those who the Gods would destroy, They first make proud....)
To: PAR35
what is the punchline
the punchline is that he was eaten by Ruben Studdert.
40
posted on
03/09/2005 10:01:53 PM PST
by
DixieOklahoma
(Since 2004: Real American Voters=1 Dead Democrats=0)
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