Airbag & mercury concern

[Kneale Brownson]

Definitely tuna.  Picts included forking the stuff out of typical round 
tuna tin.  Main part of story was that it was most hazardous to young 
children, whose bodies retained a much higher dose of mercury that was 
detected in adults.


At 07:03 PM 01/18/2001 -0500, Dave Aukerman wrote:

>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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