Mercury, also known as quicksilver, is one of only four metals that stay liquid at room temperature. Used for centuries in the medical industry, is has now become known as an environmental hazard and raised concerns about its use in industr...
http://www.wisegeek.com/is-mercury-dangerous.htm
they’ll sell their souls to approve dangerous drugs as well! Either way, I’m glad Mercurochrome is gone; we found very early in my childhood that I have a deathly allergy to it!
www.sodahead.com/technology/what-happened-to-mercurochr... www.sodahead.com/technology/what-happened-to-mercurochrome/blog-32408/
Koi Water Garden offers advice on all aspects of koi care including Ozone and its uses in Koi systems ... Similarly Malachite Green, and Mercurochrome are dangerous substances which should not be handled with bare hands. Of course we know this and treat these substances with the respect they deserve.
www.koicarp.org.uk/koi_water_garden_ozoneuses.htm
Recall from Chapter 6 in Naturally Dangerous that all shell-fish contain a natural, ... The antibacterial agent, thimerosal, once called mercurochrome, contains ethyl mercury, which has chemical properties similar to a dreaded neurotoxin, methyl mercury. For many years thrimerosal has been added to vaccines to prevent...
www.stanford.edu/~jpc/Chapter6.htm
In the name of disinfection, parents once poured bright red Mercurochrome onto the most minor of scrapes, causing searing pain and probably exposing a generation to mercury poisoning. • ; “So,” my husband began as he gingerly held out his arm. ... Walking the dog dangerous business...
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Flu injections are dangerous for some; I applaud Ms Blank for her comments entitled "Flu jabs", regarding immunisation (Weekend Witness, March 12) and also thank Name I cannot use Mercurochrome, never mind having a product containing a mercury derivative injected into me. My doctor has this information on record.
www.healthy-humans.co.za/flu-shot-hype.html
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But if you ever got a scratch, you hoped for Mercurochrome.  All it did was leave you with a little temporary discoloring.  Merthiolate, on the other hand, always left the ... And even the name didn’t raise any red flags, despite my understanding from even early science classes that mercury was a dangerous poison.
www.patrickkphillips.com/2009/09/08/the-old-way-isn%E2%... www.patrickkphillips.com/2009/09/08/the-old-way-isn%E2%80%99t-always-better/
Mercurochrome is a brand name for a product that formerly contained an organic mercurial. No study showed that its use as a simple topical antiseptic was harmful. Mercurochrome was removed from the market because it posed a safety hazard ... Watson says: Mercury amalgam is dangerous before it is put in the mouth --
www.quackwatch.org/11Ind/Watson/baratz1.html
I have never had an infected abrasion from the use of mercurochrome, so that speaks well for mercury. Moreover, if topical mercury salts were so dangerous, they would not be sold OTC. What I do not like about it is that it inhibits scab formation.
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