Airbag & mercury concern

[Fred Munro]

How about the fillings in their teeth? - silver amalgam; part silver, part
mercury, part several other metals. Studies I've seen on old fillings
indicate they only contain 50% of the initial mercury content. Hmmm, I
wonder where it goes?

Fred Munro
'94 S4 121k km

----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat, Andrea & Theo Quinn" <threequinns at hotmail.com>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 10:56 PM
Subject: Airbag & mercury concern


> 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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