if you swallowed a drop of mercury it would pass throu your body within minutes ...i herd this years ago and know it is dangerous to do so don`t do this at home or anywere else but have you ever herd of this
2006-11-04 01:57:43 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
no mercury is absorbed by the body it poisions and eventually kills
2006-11-04 02:00:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
is it true?
if you swallowed a drop of mercury it would pass throu your body within minutes ...i herd this years ago and know it is dangerous to do so don`t do this at home or anywere else but have you ever herd of this
2006-11-04 10:54:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Don't think anything runs through the human body that fast but I can remember pinging mercury around the physics lab at school - I don't think any of us realised how deadly it can be but it was fun at the time
2006-11-04 10:22:47 · answer #3 · answered by StephE 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not true at all, thats one of the problems with mercury, it is poisonous and stays in the body for a very long time
2006-11-04 09:59:27 · answer #4 · answered by czekoskwigel 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Freddie Mercury had AIDS, and anyone who swallowed just a drop from him would've died like he did. Shame really, the man was a genius and legend. And there's a lesson - DON'T SWALLOW
2006-11-04 10:41:11 · answer #5 · answered by Musicol 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't say "in minutes", but it is definetly very toxic. There are many diseaeses that stem from it, such as the Minimata disease. It is a heavy metal, and will move quickly in your bloodstream, but not in minutes. Less than days, however.
2006-11-04 10:55:15 · answer #6 · answered by Nick B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like the way everyone says you'd die if you swallowed a drop. I have a mouth full of the stuff and as far as I know I'm still here.
2006-11-04 10:05:52 · answer #7 · answered by crosbie 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If you swallowed a drop of mercury you would die.
2006-11-04 09:59:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
it depends on what type of mercury like in pills if so it take 12 hours
2006-11-04 12:43:09 · answer #9 · answered by tency23 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why take the chance? You know it's poison. Don't know where you got your information but I'd think before I took advice from them again.
2006-11-04 10:02:28 · answer #10 · answered by rose v 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋