Comments on: Panic! Broken thermometer!

By: Michael V. Minutillo

Michael V. Minutillo — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 06:15:52 +0000

Water and oxygen are dangerous if used inappropriately, too! Aren’t we just a little bit overreactive here??

By: C-

C- — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 10:49:58 +0000

This is soon-to-be a classic from the world of “hazardous chemical responses.” The irony is that Material Data Safety Sheets (“MSDS”‘s) are usually written with liability in mind. As a former chemist, I used to laugh at the fact that sucrose (table-sugar) is an “inhalation hazard” requiring a respirator. I was also dumbfounded by the number a chemicals that were “known carcinogens in the State of California.” Luckily, I was working in another state, so the chemicals were safe.

So the family and the state over-reacted. And to be fair, mercury is a true hazardous material. But what’s next? A DEP visit when you pour sugar into the sugar bowl?

By: John

John — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 09:11:00 +0000

I used to rub it on nickels too! And roll little balls of it back and forth in the pencil tray of my grade school desk.

I think it has caused all of my life’s problems too!

Class action suit time?

By: TC

TC — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 01:47:29 +0000

WE used to play with it in our bare hands!

Do you have any idea how bright a nickel gets when rubbed with the stuff?

Hmmmm thinking such is what may have caused ALL my challenges in life.

Is this a good place to seek out a lawyer for grievance?