It's a possibility that exists only in the heads of fuckwits. The rest of the world sees such unadulterated childish bullshit as having been overwhelmingly repudiated by multiple independent lines of scientific evidence yonks ago.
Evidence, I see that shows no sign of either easing up, or indeed convincing fuckwits that they're fuckwits: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science...64410X14006367
Now, isn't it well past your turn to round up some of the numerous relevant questions you've been cleverly ignoring for, like forever and actually answering them?
Go soothingly on the grease mud, as there lurks the skid demon
"A shark on whiskey is mighty risky, but a shark on beer is a beer engineer" - Tad Ghostal
Ah, no, that would have been me that produced the evidence, not Bogan, although he has been making a lot of sense lately.
And I to my motorcycle parked like the soul of the junkyard. Restored, a bicycle fleshed with power, and tore off. Up Highway 106 continually drunk on the wind in my mouth. Wringing the handlebar for speed, wild to be wreckage forever.
- James Dickey, Cherrylog Road.
"A shark on whiskey is mighty risky, but a shark on beer is a beer engineer" - Tad Ghostal
Well I was always told it was to keep the hats shiny. Seemed to make sense, they always looked shiny and silvery.
then since your reply
I googled it out of interest
OMG
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erethism
or
"this was common among old England felt-hatmakers who used mercury to stabilize the wool in a process called felting, where hair was cut from a pelt of an animal such as a rabbit. The industrial workers were exposed to the mercury vapors, giving rise to the expression “mad as a hatter.”[1] Some believe that the character the Mad Hatter in Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland is an example of someone suffering from erethism, but the origin of this account is unclear. The character was almost certainly based on Theophilus Carter, an eccentric furniture dealer who was well known to Carroll.[2]"
and
Especially in the 19th century, inorganic mercury in the form of mercuric nitrate was commonly used in the production of felt for hats.[17] During a process called carroting, in which furs from small animals such as rabbits, hares or beavers were separated from their skins and matted together, an orange-colored solution containing mercuric nitrate was used as a smoothing agent. The resulting felt was then repeatedly shaped into large cones, shrunk in boiling water and dried.[13] In treated felts, a slow reaction released volatile free mercury.[18] Hatters (or milliners) who came into contact with vapours from the impregnated felt often worked in confined areas
quoted ex google
google interestingly also has this
There is a risk of mercury poisoning in the home in some cases. Exposure to mercury vapor may stem from cultural and religious reasons where mercury is sprinkled on the floor of a home or car, burned in a candle, or mixed with perfume. Due to widespread use and popular concern, the risk of toxicity from dental amalgam has been exhaustively investigated. Many studies have not revealed convincing evidence of toxicity .[7][8] However, in 2015 research showed that an increased mercury release from dental amalgam restorations after exposure to electromagnetic fields is a potential hazard for hypersensitive people and pregnant women.[9]
But according to some people, you cant believe everything you read on the internet.
then again you can, some of it.
like life, there are always trade offs, extremes, compromises.
some people can smoke heavily and drink to excess all their life - no worries
others it affects much more.
seen the effects of terminal lung cancer at the very end - not a nice way to go.
felt both very sorry for and privileged to have know (and been able to share) part of the patients life.
READ AND UDESTAND
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