Re: Mercury

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Original poster: "Bob (R.A.) Jones" <a1accounting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi all,



I often think (feel) that there is too much paranoia about many substances
now.



On the other hand we used to let children play on preserved wood containing
arsenic and where surprised (well some folk where) when it was discovered
that it leaked out of the wood.

For years, we put lead in gasoline and where surprised to discover that
people living near major roads had more lead in them than others.  It had
been banned in paint for years.

When I was a young lad you could buy building materials mostly made from
asbestos and freely (apart from signing the poison register) purchase
potassium cyanide at pounds per pound.

Apparently this side of the pond (America) you could buy sticks of dynamite
at the hardware shop.

Yes, we apparently still put mercury in mouths more than sixty years after
it was banned in the hat industry.

Sadly (part of me), assuming no third world war its very improbably I will
witness the power of H bomb but milk is less radioactive assuming not too
many more Chernobyl's



Perhaps paranoia is a better thing than a caviler attitude mostly supported
by self-interest.

Recently in my neck of the woods, we lunched a few pounds of plutonium in to
space.  Just after, it was attached to the equivalent (in energy) of a small
atomic bomb.  We light the blue touch paper stud back and hoped that it
would not contaminate Florida.  It only requires a micro gram or so sized
particle in your lungs to have a good chance of killing you.


Robert (R. A.) Jones
A1 Accounting, Inc., Fl
407 649 6400
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 10:47 PM
Subject: Re: Mercury


> Original poster: "Mike" <induction@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> HI,
>        Most of us have at some point played with Mercury.
> Often, we heated things with Mercury in or on them.
> Most of us tend to have an interest in science and more,
> if somebody said " That wooden stick there has 50 volts across the
> ends", we would say "Let's read it with a meter to prove this".
>
> This Mercury thing we all hear about, is it so bad? How about if
> somebody said "There are Mercury fumes" but you can not see them.
> How about a Mercury meter, as it were.
> Take a UV light shining on a flourescent screen, we know it glows.
> We know Mercury has strong lines in the UV region and that any Mercury
> vapor will make a shadow on the screen because it takes in the UV.
>
> To see an interesting demonstration of this in video form (with audio)
> visit  http://www.iaomt.org/merc_release.swf
> Where a tooth, 25 years old with a silver amalgam filling was used,
> is exposed to body temperature, yes, see the fumes. 110 degree F
> as in hot coffee, the thing looks like the smoke stack of a local power
> plant.
>
> If you figure the number of list members, times the filled teeth and add
> hobby or work Mercury, which does not go away without detox, it
> is an important issue. A look at the video and understanding how the
> fumes show on the screen is a valid science based reading, even just
> having a warm drink.
>
> So extra care should be used with outside Mercury switches, etc.
> Maybe Tesla had a lot of dental work done, too?
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 6:33 PM
> Subject: Re: Mercury
>
>
> >Original poster: Vardan <vardan01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Hi,
> >I looked around on the web and there is a lot of "goofy" information
> >about mercury poisoning.  Problem is, most of the "mad as a hatter"
> >type symptoms, along with the lesser ones, have other pretty drastic
> >symptoms too that Tesla did not seem to have a problem with.  Many
> >of them would also be typical of someone who was 80 years old...
> >We don't have any accounts of him pouring boiling mercury all day
> >and then going crazy with bleeding gums, blisters, and hair falling
> >out for the next few weeks...  All we have is that he was sort of
> >strange, and apparently more so in old age...  But, many genius type
> >people as well as sub genius people are like that too...
> >Of course, he certainly had the opportunity and means to become
> >poisoned, but not much evidence at all that he did, or it affected
> >his behavior.
> >Tesla's behavior was "different" since he was a child, long before
> >he was playing with mercury and x-rays.  He no doubt came into
> >contact with many other toxics too (ozone %:-))...  But there is no
> >way to know for sure judging from reports of his odd moments (0.01%
> >of the time) what if any these chemicals might have caused.
> >There is only one chance to know for sure.  The Tesla museum has a
> >lock of his hair...  I guess a strand or two could be analyzed to
> >see if it contains any odd substances in significant quantity.  But
> >mercury would have probably left his body by old age so it might not
> >show anyway.  He was cremated so little hope there...  Some of his
> >equipment is still around that could be tested for chemical
> >contamination too.  But I think we will all be old and crazy before
> >any of that happens ;-))
> >He also suffered sever illness as a child...
> >I think we are going to have to accept the fact we will never know
> >if Tesla was poisoned by any of his work.  I guess he must have been
> >a tiny bit in any case, but the real affects can never be known
> >now.  It is probably simply a case of this very smart man being
> >simply "a little different".
> >This subject came up to 2002 also and Dr. Wall (stork) did not think
> >he had any of the symptoms.
> >Cheers,
> >         Terry
>
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