At 09:22 PM 12/7/98 -0500, Donald L Burdette wrote:
>I recall that shortly after the introduction of the LED sneakers, the
>manufacturer (Nike?) pulled them from shelves and redesigned them because
>of the outrage over mercury in them.  I think there was a hazardous waste
>disposal problem.  My guess is that the stuff in the glass ampule is not
>mercury.  Anyway, what kind of manufacturing process could contaminate
>the mercury so thoroughly as to make it unrecognizable?


It wasn't unrecognizable, just very dirty. It was definitely mercury.