Re: Mercury Cell for older camera

[Flavio Minelli]

Frank Theriault wrote:
> 
> I always wondered about how bad those little mercury cells could be for the
> environment.  I mean they're so tiny, and they last for 5, 10 years or more
> - at least in Spotmatics.
> 
> 
> ...

Not much, Frank, but heavy metal pollution lasts forever (in human
lifespan terms) and the effects are really bad, even at low levels of
intoxication.
They might be easily treated in an efficent recycling plant but probably
the problem is most people just dump them.

Flavio
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