Airbag & mercury concern

[Dave Aukerman]

I think the study was on swordfish, but I'm screwed if its tuna.

Dave
The human thermometer

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kneale Brownson" <knotnook at traverse.com>
To: "Pat, Andrea & Theo Quinn" <threequinns at hotmail.com>;
<quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 6:07 PM
Subject: Re: Airbag & mercury concern


> 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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