Airbag & mercury concern

[Kneale Brownson]

Do they eat tuna?  There've been recent reports that eating lots of tuna 
can result in elevated mercury content in blood samples.


At 07:56 PM 01/17/2001 -0800, Pat, Andrea & Theo Quinn wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Good friends of mine have recently learned that they both have abnormally 
>high counts of mercury in their blood. In the past few months they have 
>had mutable tests, had their house and water checked and racked their 
>brains, trying to discover the source of the contaminate.
>
>Today someone mentioned to them that the firing device in some airbags 
>contained Mercury Fulminate (sp?), and was a possible cause. Back in 1996, 
>these good friends were in a minor accident in their 1995 90q, deploying 
>the airbags. They remember having a hard time breathing, and ingesting 'a 
>lot' of the white packing powder.
>
>I assured them that if anyone knew anything about Audi airbag composition, 
>they were on the list. So if anyone can help. I would greatly appreciate it.
>
>Thank you,
>
>Pat
>
>
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