I haven't really looked into getting rid of it yet. Right now it is in a sealed container as a curiosity. I need to see what the options are for disposing of it properly. Getting it out of rotation was my primary goal.
I just know some kid would have gotten sick from it. I have problems not playing with it. Ooohhh, look at the pretty quicksilver.
I might contact the local school and see if their science teacher wants to use it to teach kids how to identify it and what to do if they ever find any. After talking to people about it all week I found that if you didn't live through the seventies you probably haven't encountered too much Mercury. Unless you are into electricity and what makes your thermostat work.
I used to turn the lights off and cycle our thermostat to watch the arc when the mercury slid back and forth.
Robert
