Jack the scrapper is endangering his young family and perhaps scrap forum members who decide to follow his hatchet tricks.
You have heard the term Mad as a hatter, hat makers used mercury in forming felt hats, after years of this practice most lost their minds to mercury poisoning.
Where in electronics you'll find mercury, batteries, flat screen tv's, lap tops and scanners to name a few.
Mercury http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_as_a_hatter
Those micro wave ovens the magnetron's have a purple ceramic which contain Beryllium which is hazardous to your health.
Beryllium Fact Sheet
Beryllium Fact Sheet
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