Re: Mercury oil can?

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August 23, 2017 at 2:08 am #63666
David Stanton
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    Here’s a site with a similar oil can but it says "Mercury Made" instead of just "Mercury" and dates the can at 1956.

    https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/ … de-oil-gas

    I did some digging and found that some crude oil contains Mercury (see link below). Maybe back in the 1950s, some marketing person thought using Mercury – laden crude made for an advertising feature? Now it’s undesirable as the article below tells:

    http://www.digitalrefining.com/article/ … ZziMiiGOUk