am i gonna get cancer?

alrite so during black friday i brought a thermometer with me to check the temperature while i was camping outside frys.

so i just checked my backpack this morning and i noticed that the thermometer had cracked

i got really worried cause all those videos i saw in my Chemistry class said that mercury was used in thermometers and all the news i watch taught me that if u inhale mercury vapors then u can get cancer

so i freaked out and i asked my chem teacher if i was gonna get cancer but she told me that my thermometer liquid was red and that mercury is silver and that i shouldnt worry

anyways im still scared tho so do any of u guys know whether or not thermometers have stoped using mercury or not?

that is an alcohol thermometer. You might get drunk or go blind if you drink an entire shipment of themlycrof

[QUOTE="lycrof"]that is an alcohol thermometer. You might get drunk or go blind if you drink an entire shipment of themRockysCatnipCo

I wrote your name on my note...

Mercury isn't red. That's an alcohol thermometer. You will get AIDS though.krazykillaz

hahaha alrite guys thanks for your answers

even the ridiculous ones :lol:

Most thermometers dont use mercury these days.Fire_Ants

Cause its unsafe :) And isnt Mercury acid like? Like it would burn through the backpack?

nah mercury is a metal

symbol Hg

if it was an acid it would have to be chemically bonded with hydrogen

that thermometer wont harm you, so don't worry :)

you'll be fine, but go to the doctor just in case? it's definately not mercury