[Noisebridge-discuss] Mercury vapor analyzer rental

[Ani Niow]

So the amount of mercury that was cleaned up is equivilent to what you  
would find in is of those little mazes you may have had as a kid. The  
table in which it was found on was cleaned up (twice) and the rug that  
was under the table was disposed of.

Mercury is definitely toxic and it is certainly a concern, but as  
someone that was there during the cleanup, they pretty much got it  
all. If there is any traces left anywhere it's gone by now. A mercury  
detector and especially an entire hazmat team is wholly unecessary IMO.

If you want to be paranoid about it go right ahead, but if you had  
actually seen the miniscule amount that was discovered this whole  
mercury discussion would have ended days ago as it well should have.


-Ani





On Jul 1, 2009, at 12:08 PM, Sai Emrys <noisebridge at saizai.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 10:29 PM, Tom Longson (nym) 
> <tomlong at gmail.com> wrote:
>> My dad used to play with the stuff with his bare hands. That and  
>> hold lead
>> BB pellets in his mouth. In telling us kids this he'd always say  
>> "Just think
>> how smart I would have been!".
>
> Indeed. :-P
>
> Unfortunately, mercury vapor is completely undetectable to human
> senses, and the effects are delayed onset. So I go by what the MSDS
> says, since I figure they've actually killed a whole bunch of rats to
> test it, and what hospital procedure is, since they are supposed to
> know this shit.
>
>> I'm back in LA now, but happy to contribute $20 if you have a paypal.
>> Otherwise, I can drop off money on the 13th when I'm in SF again  
>> (more
>> permanently!)
>
> I've no idea whether this is considered kosher by NBers (maybe there's
> a NB paypal?), but sure I can act as a paypal-to-cash relay. Send to
> pp at saizai.com.
>
> Anyone found hazmat cleanup pros? It should only take 'em an hour or
> two, vs our rampup to figure out how to use the thing.
>
> Re. building a vapor analyzer - cool idea, but I suspect that it's
> mercury-specific, which honestly we don't really need to have around.
> Now, if we could build something that's superset (like a general
> gas-intake mass spectrometer? I don't know enough chem/physics),
> that'd be pretty cool.
>
> Thanks,
> - Sai
>
> PS "UR A TROLL" is not a counterargument. I've been quite clear about
> why and what my concerns are; please do me the favor of responding in
> kind.
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