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Started by iago, April 22, 2008, 06:34:55 PM

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iago

TheRegister is actually real news, though. So maybe TheOnion is a better comparison to MSNBC :)

CrAz3D

MSNBC has WAY more credibility than Super

iago

Personally, I'm just making fun. :)


Super_X

Quote from: CrAz3D on April 23, 2008, 07:25:11 PM
MSNBC has WAY more credibility than Super
Maybe they're a little more credible, but I'm cooler.  I wasn't saying it's not bad, I was just saying it's not the worst. I mean, you can look at the LD50 for mercury sulfate versus mercury. I don't really care to, considering I don't want to eat either of them.

iago

Mercuric sulfate: ORAL (LD50): Acute: 57 mg/kg [Rat]. DERMAL (LD50): Acute: 625mg/kg [Rat]
Mercury: The LD50 values in animals for elemental mercury range from 10 to 40 mg/kg (WHO 1976)

That's the best info I could find.. Mercuric sulfate was easy, but I had a lot of trouble finding plain Mercury.

iago


dark_drake

Quote from: iago on April 24, 2008, 09:01:51 AM
Mercuric sulfate: ORAL (LD50): Acute: 57 mg/kg [Rat]. DERMAL (LD50): Acute: 625mg/kg [Rat]
Mercury: The LD50 values in animals for elemental mercury range from 10 to 40 mg/kg (WHO 1976)

That's the best info I could find.. Mercuric sulfate was easy, but I had a lot of trouble finding plain Mercury.

Dimethyl mercury (or any other organic mercury) beats those two any day. It takes a drop or so on exposed skin to kill a person.
errr... something like that...