I played with mercury as a child. How might this affect me now?

Question:

When I was small, my 2 brothers and I had a small amount of mercury that we played with. We would roll it around in our hands and thought it was the neatest thing, this "liquid metal". How might that have effected me and what, if anything, can I do now?

Answers:
that is dangerous to your health
Mercury is toxic to living organisms, including you and your family.

When mercury is released, it turns into a vapor in the air and eventually comes back to the earth. It often will accumulate in rivers and contaminate fish, leading to higher risk of exposure to mercury for people who eat fish.

Mercury poses a particular threat to:
Pregnant women - Mercury can be passed on to the baby through the placenta or when breastfeeding. It can affect the developing fetus by stopping the brain and nervous system from properly functioning.

Young Children - Children affected by mercury show lowered intelligence, impaired hearing and poor coordination.
Long term exposure causes symptoms to increase and to worsen, possibly resulting in personality changes and even coma.
it's best you repoert this to a doctor for more advice

like from a thermometer or thermostat, right? It's too small a quantity...you'll be fine.

research mercury poisoning. lot of bad stuff can result from it.
i too played with mercury once.it made my nickle soo shiny!
i now have tinnitus, and sometimes wonder if the two are related.
it may sounds weird but, consider seeing a iridologist for diagnosis.
i am unsure if there is a blood test for merc poisoning...but likely there is.
all the best.

here is an article you might find interesting
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/mercury_(el...

I played with mercury as a child. How might this affect me now?

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