Quote Originally Posted by Hoosiersmoker View Post
Mercury vapor is the real threat, inhalation and absorption into the system causing mercury poisoning and potentially death in high enough concentrations. If mercury isn't cleaned up quickly it starts to evaporate into small particles in the air making it easy to inhale. Broken fluorescent lamps can cause airborne mercury vapor too.
True. I forgot about that. Nothing but fun and games with some things. But so many variables including temperature, length of exposure. Ventilation. It's a miracle we survive all the stupid things we do as kids.