what will happen if some one eats..?
Question:
Will it hurt anyone when such mercury is swallowed by accident .
Answers:
The amount of mercury from a typical broken thermometer would be considered a small spill. If more mercury than this is spilled, it would be considered a large spill. Some people save mercury from various sources and store the product in containers. This is dangerous because mercury may escape from broken or improperly sealed containers. Individuals may often be exposed without their knowledge.
When you swallow small amounts of metallic mercury, for example, from a broken oral thermometer, virtually none (less than 0.01%) of the mercury will enter your body through the stomach or intestines, unless they are diseased. Even when a larger amount of metal mercury (a half of a tablespoon, about 204 grams) was swallowed by one person, very little entered the body. When you breathe in mercury vapors, however, most (about 80%) of the mercury enters your bloodstream directly from your lungs, and then rapidly goes to other parts of your body, including the brain and kidneys. Once in your body, metallic mercury can stay for weeks or months. When metallic mercury enters the brain, it is readily converted to an inorganic form and is "trapped" in the brain for a long time. Metallic mercury in the blood of a pregnant woman can enter her developing child. Most of the metallic mercury will accumulate in your kidneys, but some metallic mercury can also accumulate in the brain. Most of the metallic mercury absorbed into the body eventually leaves in the urine and feces, while smaller amounts leave the body in the exhaled breath.
Sampling conducted by IDPH in homes where small mercury spills have taken place has not shown large amounts of mercury in the air. High levels would not be expected unless the spill took place on a hot surface or into a device like a humidifier that blows liquids into the air. Spills from the breaking of a blood pressure device or larger sources can produce airborne levels high enough to cause serious poisoning and even death.
Persons involved in a large mercury spill should leave the area immediately. Contact your physician for possible treatment and testing. Contact IDPH for information concerning air testing and cleanup.
The following precautions should be taken if a small mercury spill occurs:
People not involved in the cleanup should leave the area.
Minimize tracking by removing shoes and clothing. Assume that the clothes of a child who played with mercury are contaminated. Place clothes in a sealed plastic bag and put them outside in a safe place until the household trash can be picked up. Plastic can be placed on the floors to minimize tracking.
Do NOT use a vacuum cleaner to clean up the spill. A vacuum cleaner will spread the mercury vapors and tiny droplets will settle throughout the area, increasing the spread of contamination and the chance of exposure.
Windows and doors in the area of the spill should be opened to ventilate the area.
Small amounts of mercury can be collected with adhesive tape or an eye dropper and stored in a sealed plastic container until disposal.
After all visible mercury has been collected, use a mercury cleanup kit to clean the spill area and work it into the cracks with a broom or brush. Do not add water. Materials in the mercury spill kit will rapidly bind to the remaining mercury and can be swept up with a broom and dustpan. Wash the area with trisodium phosphate detergent solution and rinse with water.
Contaminated carpeting should be removed and discarded, starting with the spill room.
Contaminated materials and mercury collected from small spills may be discarded along with household trash, but should be placed outside in a safe place until the household trash is picked up.
Other Answers:
mercury is poisonous. yes, yes it will. get to a hospital.
Check with the Poison Control Center. Mercury is indeed toxic.Once it enters the body it can be stored in the liver like any other heavy metal.If this has happened to you or someone that you know you should see a doctor immediately or call a poison control center near you.Only a professional can give you the best answer to this question.Ignore any other nonsense please.I am not a doctor but I can tell you that it is very harmful.
mercury is a piousness subsist to much and [ it dont take a lot ]will kill you
Most thermometers use colored alcohol not mercury.
Mercury is silver not red.
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