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Chemists of Lemmy, how accurate is this likability table? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by merari42 to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Nah, metallic lead is pretty solid. Licking it doesn't really do much. You shouldn't ingest lead, but you don't really ingest it by licking a piece of metal.

[–] Frostbeard 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Same with metallic mercury. But once it evaporates....

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Well, when you lick mercury, you're actually going to swallow a lot of it. Thankfully, you'll poop most of it out, and as long as you do it once, it won't kill you.

But if I had to pick between licking lead or mercury, I'd go with lead.

[–] Frostbeard 4 points 4 months ago

Oh yeah. I am om team lead. The problem with Mercury is the vapor that ridiculously easy methylates when heated, and then you have a nerve toxin that quite easily crosses the blood-brain barrier.