[Racefan]

I was exposed to extremely high doses of mercury once. I was a laborer at PG&E a electrical company that used steam to produce the electricity they made at a placed called the Geysers. A engineer broke this big ass thermometer in her car and asked me to clean it up. At least a ounce or more. I got out the shop vac and proceeded to try and vacuum it up. With each pass of the vacuum I was breaking the mercury up into smaller particles to where eventually the stuff became vaporized and small enough to inhale. I was 21 at the time and had no idea about the stuff. They stuck a meter in the car and it was at deadly levels. They had to do a big safety write up and I had to fill out and sign all sorts of papers explaining what happened and how and to document the exposure and stuff. The engineer almost lost her job over it too. I still wonder about whether any of that has anything to do with my illness's and problems I now have?