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[tattoobob]

Originally Posted by spence

I don't see a problem mentioning it. I doubt someone is going to find a stash of old thermostats and rip them apart. With environmental compliance restrictions I don't think mercury is in much of anything new these days.

I do think it's worth telling the story about how dangerous the stuff is and the lengths crazy fisherman will go if they think it will gain them an advantage.

When I was residential plumbing in the 90's I used to remove the glass bulb full of mercury and save it, I ended up turning it in after all but I had a lot

[chris L]

Go ahead and mention it , its historical . There are lots of things done in the past that was dangerous . Its what makes things known and hopefully not repeated . its only mercury sure its toxic but its still used often today . old round thermostats , old thermometers fluorescent lamps and every neon and argon sign has mercury in it after purification and there are millions of them still burning all over the world . its a small amount but its still there used to . Its not like nitro is being mentioned .

Your the author , you are the only one that knows what is right for your work and you . Love to read it when your done