"Their" , than "his", then "their" again. I do not understand this trend of using "they" when there is clearly no harm, and enough evidence, to say "he" or "she". It is sad when speech becomes muddy and ambiguous without any obvious benefit. Sincerely, a non-native speaker.
This issue here is the mixed pronouns. They/them as singular pronoun has existed longer than you have, and it's here to stay.
Sincerely, a non native speaker.
why did you put Emergency Room in quotes? they do exist, I assure you.
electronics have parts soldered to a PCB, and historically solder contained lead. it's not chemistry knowledge that is lacking, it is up to date info on what materials are actually in electronics and batteries these days.
Even metallic mercury isn't especially poisonous, and indeed people used to use it as a "purgative" at which it no doubt excelled, dropping through your guts pushing all before it.
It's the organic salts you need to worry about. The pure metal is about as bioavailable as sand, but lead salts - and in particular organic salts - are really quite spectacularly poisonous. That's what did the Romans in, after all - boiling up wine and grapes in lead pots to make "defrutum", where the lead reacted to form lead acetate. Stick a bloody great heavy metal atom onto the end of a nice big sugar? Sure, that'll help it get into your system!
How do people not know that it’s bad to leave smoking things (and potentially explode-y things) out overnight, to put them on couches, etc.? Honestly.
Wow, quite a few surprising angles here. I didn't expect the extra MI:7 drama or the burnt couch.
(Meanwhile, it's also kind of funny to note that CountyComm just released a barebones Casio homage for $25.)
