Scrap Mercury

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A dumpster from a hospital netted me 6 or 7 blood presser gauges wile the case is AL it's the measurement glass tube that is of interest . The Mercury is stored in a area of device and as pressure is put to hose Mercury travails up . the measurement glass tube looks to be 18 inches long and as thick as a pencil.
Wile this devices is great to measure pressure, I can't think of any way to use for my needs .
As seen by someone selling Mercury on e bay , is Mercury valuable, I have a dozen or so Mercury switches from thermostats but this item has me curious

Mercury is a serious health hazard!!!
It is toxic and an environmental hazard.
My advice would be not to have anything to do with it.

Mercury scares the crap out of me but you are correct... SOMEONE has to value it a recycle/collect it.

CH,

Its a free country. You can research the legalities of buying, selling and shipping mercury. No need to listen to irrational fears about mercury jumping out of the bottle and stalking you!! Since it is still used in lots of home and industrial items I expect some rules but I wouldn't expect anything overly onerous.

What is very interesting is that someone at the hospital was empty-headed enough to toss it in the trash....I would expect that in an environment like that "they" would be savvy about what they tossed and how they should toss it. I guess there is always someone who is more worried about how far away the end of their shift is than what they are doing.

Jon.

From the little I did read from your short cut's . Seems that a main concern is mercury being incinerated . & no doubt most any metal that can be melted into the environment and into clouds and our water with precipitation is the issue . But it is food for thought as to what a person can burn in a fire pit giving little thought.
As they might be burning trash with some batteries in trash

Bake it into a pie for someone you don't like.

Originally Posted by Copper Head

Quicksilver (liquid metallic mercury) Even if taken by mouth and some people have injected into veins found it not to appear to result in systemic toxicity
Bit if one can cause it to release mercury vapor or mercury converted to mercury elements ,
like Mercuric cyanide that will kill you .

I can see why as a child at school teacher's could show students liquid metallic mercury and as you see I am still here. Liquid metallic mercury and selling it as is , is worth some truth in reading about it.
It seems if it came down to a court case it can be stated - liquid metallic mercury appears not to result in systemic toxicity .

Regardless of the chemistry and toxicity reports, mercury in all states is EPA regulated. Kinda like getting a ticket for blowing a stop sign with nobody around. No harm no foul, but if a cop sees you.... guess what? I get where you're coming from and I agree with almost everything you have said. But when it comes down to dollars and cents (or sense, either fits) it just doesn't add up to me wanting to take the risk of messing with that kind of stuff. If you do, good luck my friend.

I still have three of those plastic maze toys with a drop of mercury in it, one of them was shaken up so much it's splattered all over the inside.

Originally Posted by phred59

Regardless of the chemistry and toxicity reports, mercury in all states is EPA regulated. Kinda like getting a ticket for blowing a stop sign with nobody around. No harm no foul, but if a cop sees you.... guess what? I get where you're coming from and I agree with almost everything you have said. But when it comes down to dollars and cents (or sense, either fits) it just doesn't add up to me wanting to take the risk of messing with that kind of stuff. If you do, good luck my friend.

I did empty each pressure gauge Mercury into a thick glass container and it is very heavy for it's volume I also keep the glass container in a plastic mayo jar .I wrap the glass with a rag. It's very safe . Yes I put a note on it POISON !!