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And the less toxic compound is apparently "volatile elemental mercury". Less toxic than dimethylmercury I suppose, but not exactly safe.
by vintermann 4y ago
And the less toxic compound is apparently "volatile elemental mercury". Less toxic than dimethylmercury I suppose, but not exactly safe.
- daniel-cussen 4y ago
- dredmorbius 4y agoElemental sodium is a violently reactive metal that burns on contact with water. Molecular chlorine is lethal to pretty much all life. Sodium chloride, ordinary table salt, is a micronutrient mineral essential to pretty much all life. Mercury nudges a bit higher up the scale to "best to avoid contact", but the degree to which different sodium compounds are catastrophically lethal, and/or accumulate withing the food chain, differs tremendously.