I know, I only mentioned the capsules because my chemical engineer husband just recently told me about that. I still take them, I still eat tuna, I am growing an extra arm.
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Lol!
Like anything else, it’s home much you take in. Anything is “poison”, depending on the dose.
I remember as a kid playing with a big ball of mercury that my friend had. Today, the mercury in one of the old thermometers is enough for a hazmat response.
Also, when I first started as a RN, we used the old thermometers (about 20 years ago). It wasn’t unusual for them to drop off the table and break. We used a dust buster to clean up the spill.
I’m not saying that this stuff isn’t dangerous, but the environmentalists have created an atmosphere of fear, and it’s gotten to the point of ridiculous.