Absorbed through vinyl gloves? I mean mercury isn’t great at being absorbed through skin, but any skin damage, or any mercury left on your skin and then contaced with your mouth can definitely lead to mercury poisoning. Check out Cody’s Lab video on mercury where he puts his bare feet in a giant tub of it. https://youtu.be/m8KzmlIEsHs?si=1fBA18R76SEqjC6u
Paper towels absorb water because the cellulose in them attracts the hydrogen in the water. Mercury, being an elemental metal, shockingly does not have hydrogen.
Natharius on
I’ve got mercury poisoning by watching this video.
OtherTheory680 on
I am now pregnant with a mercury baby.
GenTrancePlants on
That is a lot of mercury
SaltCriticism6392 on
So… doctor, do I have a fever or no?
0plm9okn8ijb7 on
Now do dimethyl mercury.
Filthiest_Tleilaxu on
This is how I stopped my girl from getting pregnant.
Pale-Independence971 on
If you ingest mercury it causes almost immediate explosive diarrhea and it can be absorbed though the skin.
MEM0RYCARD99 on
Man fuck the rest of these assholes in the comments. Ive never seen someone take a paper towel to friggin mercury and it was neat to watch it absorb all the dye after it looked like it was starting to make the mercury appear red tinted but was instead just very thinly spread out. Trying to act like having genuine interest in something is shameful. You wanna be exclusive and feel special? Go play russian roulette.
For reference, when i typed this, the only other comments were 3 or 4 people trying to shit on this post and anyone that took an interest in it. We aint having that kind of nonsense today. Yall Grinches can go manually harvest honey with your rough exteriors and can do attitudes.
Sea-Paramedic-1842 on
If it doesn’t get “absorbed” why is that person wearing a glove?
Possible_Dig_1194 on
While it was cool to look at fucking around with that much mercury cant be good for their health or bloodline
10PieceMcNuggetMeal on
How many times is this going to be posted. This is like the fifth time I’ve seen this today
Agile_Active7566 on
wow that’s kinda crazy. cool
Fit_Memory6669 on
Drink it
Mr-and-Mrs on
I can feel it dripping down the back of my throat.
Goro_Lima on
Really interesting
throwaway7826358 on
Leave Alex Mack alone
SekhmetTheWise on
It’s like watching someone clean a table under a mercury sheet etc as an illusion.
Boiling_Stars on
Luquid agony
MeetingEmergency6973 on
Will it blend?
Key-Individual1434 on
FYI: Never, never, ever…fuck with mercury. Period. It’s highly toxic with zero known levels for safe exposure. Even for the dumbo wearing the latex gloves in this video. Just breathing it can fuck up your organs.
snern on
You know what? Sure. Clean a liquid with a towel. What even means anything anymore.
casul_noob on
The title is misleading. Mercury can be absorbed through the skin. It also gets accumulated over time. It will be extremely dangerous if inhaled. What is shown in this video is that mercury is not reacting to dye or mixed with like a true liquid would.
peeinian on
I guess most people here are too young to have seen the old Cody’s lab videos:
Gallium is nearly the exact same but with a higher melting point (needs to be a bit below body temp, so handling it keeps it liquid) and it’s totally non toxic. It does however leave an oxide layer that can stain your hands but just wash them, it’s non toxic and quite fun to play with. It’s also one of the main elements that made LEDs take off.
One other thing, don’t ever let elemental gallium touch exposed aluminum. You do need to strip the oxide layer off the aluminum but any scratch between the aluminum and gallium will let the gallium in, it will diffuse through the aluminum structure and basically time fall it, making it brittle like it’s aged centuries in minutes. This won’t be an issue for you, but it is an issue for airlines so sometimes getting this shipped to you is an issue. And it’s a dense metal, that is dangerous to airplanes, that can be liquid near room temp so do not walk through a fucking airport scanner with it.
Narf234 on
My brain doesn’t like how this works.
GrandStair on
I used to play with mercury as a child. That was 55-60 years ago.
lost21gramsyesterday on
Now lift that bowl
North-Airline2676 on
Great, so lets tip a whole lots of mercury over oil spills. Problem solved!
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Absorbed through vinyl gloves? I mean mercury isn’t great at being absorbed through skin, but any skin damage, or any mercury left on your skin and then contaced with your mouth can definitely lead to mercury poisoning. Check out Cody’s Lab video on mercury where he puts his bare feet in a giant tub of it.
https://youtu.be/m8KzmlIEsHs?si=1fBA18R76SEqjC6u
Signs of mercury poisoning: https://www.poison.org/articles/thermometer
Paper towels absorb water because the cellulose in them attracts the hydrogen in the water. Mercury, being an elemental metal, shockingly does not have hydrogen.
I’ve got mercury poisoning by watching this video.
I am now pregnant with a mercury baby.
That is a lot of mercury
So… doctor, do I have a fever or no?
Now do dimethyl mercury.
This is how I stopped my girl from getting pregnant.
If you ingest mercury it causes almost immediate explosive diarrhea and it can be absorbed though the skin.
Man fuck the rest of these assholes in the comments. Ive never seen someone take a paper towel to friggin mercury and it was neat to watch it absorb all the dye after it looked like it was starting to make the mercury appear red tinted but was instead just very thinly spread out. Trying to act like having genuine interest in something is shameful. You wanna be exclusive and feel special? Go play russian roulette.
For reference, when i typed this, the only other comments were 3 or 4 people trying to shit on this post and anyone that took an interest in it. We aint having that kind of nonsense today. Yall Grinches can go manually harvest honey with your rough exteriors and can do attitudes.
If it doesn’t get “absorbed” why is that person wearing a glove?
While it was cool to look at fucking around with that much mercury cant be good for their health or bloodline
How many times is this going to be posted. This is like the fifth time I’ve seen this today
wow that’s kinda crazy. cool
Drink it
I can feel it dripping down the back of my throat.
Really interesting
Leave Alex Mack alone
It’s like watching someone clean a table under a mercury sheet etc as an illusion.
Luquid agony
Will it blend?
FYI: Never, never, ever…fuck with mercury. Period. It’s highly toxic with zero known levels for safe exposure. Even for the dumbo wearing the latex gloves in this video. Just breathing it can fuck up your organs.
You know what? Sure. Clean a liquid with a towel. What even means anything anymore.
The title is misleading. Mercury can be absorbed through the skin. It also gets accumulated over time. It will be extremely dangerous if inhaled. What is shown in this video is that mercury is not reacting to dye or mixed with like a true liquid would.
I guess most people here are too young to have seen the old Cody’s lab videos:
[Bare hand in mercury](https://youtu.be/qNx2bJUctRE?si=bT64zEalJLJVHXQG)
[Standing in mercury with bare feet](https://youtu.be/m8KzmlIEsHs?si=IA7MHC1ajGWdjHpo)
[Getting a blood test for mercury poisoning](https://youtu.be/xmpGL6LKo2w?si=JT_oYLYDNEWV9UNW)
[Here’s his explanation of OP’s video](https://youtu.be/v7h5D64UhfE?si=svXGhWV-SSP8kdHU)
Next time do it with the glove off… /s lol
If it doesn’t absorb, what’s with gloves /s
Put your hand in there…it will absorb
And then you will also be the Silver Surfer, so win-win
https://preview.redd.it/vefiof5cea9g1.png?width=642&format=png&auto=webp&s=39be10e512f7d065e2a4e3eed538be42b2781105
Yet human skin can abort mercury lol
Gallium is nearly the exact same but with a higher melting point (needs to be a bit below body temp, so handling it keeps it liquid) and it’s totally non toxic. It does however leave an oxide layer that can stain your hands but just wash them, it’s non toxic and quite fun to play with. It’s also one of the main elements that made LEDs take off.
One other thing, don’t ever let elemental gallium touch exposed aluminum. You do need to strip the oxide layer off the aluminum but any scratch between the aluminum and gallium will let the gallium in, it will diffuse through the aluminum structure and basically time fall it, making it brittle like it’s aged centuries in minutes. This won’t be an issue for you, but it is an issue for airlines so sometimes getting this shipped to you is an issue. And it’s a dense metal, that is dangerous to airplanes, that can be liquid near room temp so do not walk through a fucking airport scanner with it.
My brain doesn’t like how this works.
I used to play with mercury as a child. That was 55-60 years ago.
Now lift that bowl
Great, so lets tip a whole lots of mercury over oil spills. Problem solved!
Where does mercury comes from? Rock?