Years ago, I was trained as a neon tubebender and ran my own neon shop. As I was looking around, I saw a lot of older tube benders and many had neurological problems of one type are another. After a while, I decided that mercury contamination was probably the source of their problems and I sold my shop. I haven't placed a tube in the crossfires or on the ribbon burner in 20 years. I don't miss it.
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