[Boatanchors] Replacing 866s with 3B28s

[Richard Knoppow]

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Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Replacing 866s with 3B28s


> As far as mercury goes, I doubt it's quite as bad for U as 
> the  government
> says it is


     Its pretty bad. See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamata_disease  for some idea
of what it can do.
     Pure metallic mercury is not so bad, if swallowed it
will pretty much pass through the body without being
absorbed, but mercury compounds are among the most toxic
substances known.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_poisoning
and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Wetterhahn

     While Wikepedia is often criticized for innacuracies
the same information contained in the above articles may be
found in more accepted sources.
     Mercury is not always treated sensibly in regulation,
for instance, while mercury cells and batteries are banned
in most parts of the world, fluorescent lamps are not
despite the fact that they contain more mercury than the
batteries do. The descrepancy is evidently due to the
existence of recycling programs for the lamps.


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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL
dickburk at ix.netcom.com