TLDR: collect the droplet in a ziplock bag, tell your waste disposal authority about it, and ventilate the room.
subservenicedream on
Certainly take mercury seriously but … you don’t have to burn your kitchen down and salt the ground because a miniscule amount burst into a small amount of water one time.
If you’re not pregnant or a child , and not regularly handling this stuff, you’re not going to get hurt by this
Why are so many comments reading like a mom group on Facebook when someone says they aren’t using organic diapers
ericek111 on
Why is everyone freaking out so much about metallic mercury as if it was nuclear fuel? It doesn’t get absorbed by the human body, it’s not unsafe to handle it with bare hands. Yes, be careful, wipe down nearby surfaces, but it’s not a huge deal…
FunkyPunk99 on
Ordinary_Professor_3 on
Just throw the pot away and all utensils that may be contaminated. Do not donate it.
wannaBadreamer2 on
Throw the pot away
nickcash on
r/eatityoufuckingcoward
LAOlympicGames2028 on
You must want to turn that heat off and work out ways to dispose off that mixture safely
ProfessorTseng on
Got yourself some nice elixir of eternal life brewing
wfsgraplw on
Unless that thermometer is ancient, it’s far more likely to be gallium, and not elemental mercury.
Also on the scale of how dangerous it is, it’s not as bad as people make it out to be. They don’t put the really dangerous forms of mercury in thermometers, precisely because this happens. The most dangerous part was when the hot thermometer broke, releasing vapor into the air.
Suck it up with an eyedropper, and Google what to do with chemically hazardous waste in your area. Give them the pot and metal. All done.
kytheon on
Reminds me of a story my chemistry teacher told. He was handling a bottle of mercury in class and dropped it. At the time, the school had wooden flooring and the mercury slipped through the cracks immediately. The school has since been demolished (not because of this) and the teacher was curious if they ever found the mercury.
Glittering_Heart1719 on
Do it for the vine.
Yue2 on
The simple answer is call poison control.
The Internet answer is that you can now make yourself a potion that will grant eternal life! Ancient Chinese secret or something like that 🤷♂️
IndigoThaBlu on
wholesomechunk on
Nice.
davidecibel on
Your thermometers still use mercury?
MulleDK19 on
“100° C, 212° F”. Could have avoided this.
Nokoma79 on
Mercury in a thermometer? How old was it? xD
acidbrn391 on
Pour out the water and throw out the pot.
jadayne on
Bummer. now you gotta move to a new house and burn this one down.
BLU3SKU1L on
mthomp778 on
Wow everybody in here is a fuckin metallurgist apparently
Tunnfisk on
Me: People still have mercury thermometers? That IS mildly interesting.
UpsetMycologist4054 on
If you have a disposable container collect the mercury in there with the water, along with the glass and anything that was touched. Seal the mercury, water, thermometer etc in the container and put duct tape on it to seal it tight. Dump the remaining water outside in a hole in your back yard. Congratulations! You get a new pot! Take the pot and the sealed mercury container to you local hazardous waste collection site.
Let me be clear: do not touch the mercury. Get rid of anything that touched the mercury. This is not a joke and should be treated with extreme caution. Mercury poisoning is real.
You also learned a life lesson here. Water boils at 212 degrees. Those thermometers top out at 105-110. Next time use a candy thermometer or kitchen thermometer similar to a meat smoking thermometer.
QuidFortuna on
Eternal stew! Serve it to anyone and you have fed them for life
EFTucker on
Neat-o
Definitely no skin contact, not even gloved unless you have nitrile gloves laying around (you don’t).
Also that pan is a goner. Mercury forms an amalgam with stainless steel. No good.
Mercury is a really cool mineral though
SweetSexiestJesus on
r/eatityoufuckincoward
Spicy-Koala95 on
I mean, unless you turn it into a salt and inject it into your veins or inhale it then I think you’ll be fine.
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well…
Get a small bottle and get that drop in it, do everything underwater for security, put on some gloves (for security).
Then take that to your local school, clinic or pharmacy. They will handle it.
You have doomed us all
you might not want to drink that lol
eat it. see what happens for science
If that pot is aluminium, it’s toast unless the mercury is removed asap.
Edit: I’d get it out with a syringe.
The mercury may go through latex gloves. Be very careful.
Season with salt and pepper and lunch is ready
Mercury thermometers were banned over a decade ago in many places, how old is your thermometer? It may just be galinstan
https://www.epa.gov/mercury/what-do-if-mercury-thermometer-breaks
TLDR: collect the droplet in a ziplock bag, tell your waste disposal authority about it, and ventilate the room.
Certainly take mercury seriously but … you don’t have to burn your kitchen down and salt the ground because a miniscule amount burst into a small amount of water one time.
If you’re not pregnant or a child , and not regularly handling this stuff, you’re not going to get hurt by this
Why are so many comments reading like a mom group on Facebook when someone says they aren’t using organic diapers
Why is everyone freaking out so much about metallic mercury as if it was nuclear fuel? It doesn’t get absorbed by the human body, it’s not unsafe to handle it with bare hands. Yes, be careful, wipe down nearby surfaces, but it’s not a huge deal…
Just throw the pot away and all utensils that may be contaminated. Do not donate it.
Throw the pot away
r/eatityoufuckingcoward
You must want to turn that heat off and work out ways to dispose off that mixture safely
Got yourself some nice elixir of eternal life brewing
Unless that thermometer is ancient, it’s far more likely to be gallium, and not elemental mercury.
Also on the scale of how dangerous it is, it’s not as bad as people make it out to be. They don’t put the really dangerous forms of mercury in thermometers, precisely because this happens. The most dangerous part was when the hot thermometer broke, releasing vapor into the air.
Suck it up with an eyedropper, and Google what to do with chemically hazardous waste in your area. Give them the pot and metal. All done.
Reminds me of a story my chemistry teacher told. He was handling a bottle of mercury in class and dropped it. At the time, the school had wooden flooring and the mercury slipped through the cracks immediately. The school has since been demolished (not because of this) and the teacher was curious if they ever found the mercury.
Do it for the vine.
The simple answer is call poison control.
The Internet answer is that you can now make yourself a potion that will grant eternal life! Ancient Chinese secret or something like that 🤷♂️
Nice.
Your thermometers still use mercury?
“100° C, 212° F”. Could have avoided this.
Mercury in a thermometer? How old was it? xD
Pour out the water and throw out the pot.
Bummer. now you gotta move to a new house and burn this one down.
Wow everybody in here is a fuckin metallurgist apparently
Me: People still have mercury thermometers? That IS mildly interesting.
If you have a disposable container collect the mercury in there with the water, along with the glass and anything that was touched. Seal the mercury, water, thermometer etc in the container and put duct tape on it to seal it tight. Dump the remaining water outside in a hole in your back yard. Congratulations! You get a new pot! Take the pot and the sealed mercury container to you local hazardous waste collection site.
Let me be clear: do not touch the mercury. Get rid of anything that touched the mercury. This is not a joke and should be treated with extreme caution. Mercury poisoning is real.
You also learned a life lesson here. Water boils at 212 degrees. Those thermometers top out at 105-110. Next time use a candy thermometer or kitchen thermometer similar to a meat smoking thermometer.
Eternal stew! Serve it to anyone and you have fed them for life
Neat-o
Definitely no skin contact, not even gloved unless you have nitrile gloves laying around (you don’t).
Also that pan is a goner. Mercury forms an amalgam with stainless steel. No good.
Mercury is a really cool mineral though
r/eatityoufuckincoward
I mean, unless you turn it into a salt and inject it into your veins or inhale it then I think you’ll be fine.