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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 165713, member: 25&quot;]I recently found out that a new British law means you need a licence to buy certain substances, it is called the Explosives Precusor and Poisons Licence act, and among other things in the poisons section is mercury. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have a few antique barometers, so I enquired about them, and it seems that if they are made before 1957 they are OK to own and sell. </p><p><br /></p><p>Clearly anyone with evil intent and a need for some mercury can simply buy an old barometer, but that&#039;s lawmakers for you, more loopholes than a lace doily.</p><p><br /></p><p>It also bans the unlicenced sale of strong nitric acid, commonly used for silver testing. And chlorate weedkiller. Still, anyone with some little knowledge of chemistry can just take a step back in the production process.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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