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Mercury is highly toxic, and tends to remain in the environment. This means that disposal was a serious problem, especially in the case of breakage. The only real disadvantage is that if the vial containing the mercury breaks, children could find some of the mercury and either eat it or play with it (and mercury will absorb into the body slowly through the skin).
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∙ 11y ago- having mercury causes death sometimes
- mercury can easily kill a huge tree with its poisonous dart
- mercury spoils the soil
- mercury causes envoirment hazard
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∙ 11y agomercury cell is non-rechargeable electrochemical battery and it resulting environmental concerns. The sales of the batteries is banned in many countries.
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∙ 9y agoit has no atmosphere. one of the hottest planets in the solar system
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∙ 7y agoThe greatest single disadvantage is that mercury is highly toxic. If a mercury thermometer is broken, clean up of the mercury will be an expensive process.
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∙ 15y agoit is highly toxic in nature
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∙ 15y agoFor a start, it's very poisonous.
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