One of my son’s came over for a visit with his 2 sons and I donlt know how we got on the subject of mercury, but I told them Heck, as a kid I played with mercury everytime someone dropped a glass thermometer on the floor...it can scatter into dozens of little balls...my grandsons thought it was hysterical....and I smoke since 13, am 73 and still alive as of right now...tomorrow, who knows....
Played with them little silver balls of mercury myself,had a habit as a little kid of looking out our big living room window while gnawing on the paint on the sill,had to be lead paint,still here;)