Mercury is hard to resist. Its
quicksilver motion is dazzling.
But NEVER, NEVER:

X Touch it.
X Smell it.
X Heat it.
X Put it in your mouth.
X Vacuum it up.
X Run contaminated clothes
   through the dryer.
       The vapor is very
     dangerous to inhale.
     Office of Emergency and
       Remedial Response
&EPA
March 1995
       9285.7-24
     PB95-963502
  EPA-540-K-95-001

NTISPR-1014
United States Environmental Protection Agency
             5201G
          401 M Street SW
       Washington, D.C. 20460
                                             Printed on recycled paper

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Florida Children Play Dangerous Game rath Mercury
   August 1994—More than 500
. students in Belle-Glade, Florida
I were contaminated with liquid
 amounts, that is not likely to be
 toxic," a local pediatrician stated.
 "The problem is going to corne if
                                                         Hundreds of children had to be
                                                        decontaminated. The local haz-
                                                        ardous waste materials team,
mercury after three boys found  the mercury is spilled or if it stays  dressed in yellow safety suits,
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