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[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I wonder what secondary compounds this was creating. Elemental mercury is pretty much fine, but if it was reacting with other things to create wacky fun times...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

they chewed the leather to hides to soften them, IIRC. so it wasn't just getting on their hands, they were ingesting it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

I think it was mercury nitrate. Much more soluble.