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some things were never meant to be mailed one of those is mercury a package of mercury that breaks open in the mail is a tremendous safety risk to postal employees and customers mercury produces toxic vapors that if inhaled can lead to mercury poisoning hi i'm eric manuel united states postal inspector hazmat incidents involving mercury spills have occurred at several postal facilities hundreds of postal employees were exposed to toxic mercury vapors thousands of pieces of mail were destroyed and millions of dollars were spent on cleanup costs antique items containing mercury such as thermometers barometers and blood pressure gauges should never be mailed you could be liable for civil penalties and subject to criminal prosecution as a general rule of thumb if you can see the mercury in an item you can't mail it the postal service handles billions of pieces of mail every year most are perfectly safe and pose no threat to postal employees let's keep it that way for more information visit