Due to my addiction to reality auction shows I decided to try my luck with bidding on storage units in my local area. So far I’ve struck out. It seems it takes a lot of practice to get good at this. Those guys on TV make it seem so easy. Anyways, I bought this one unit in Portland that seemed to have a lot of potential. Me and two other guys were in a bidding war with each other. I eventually won the bid and ended up with an old leather sofa, some kids bikes, a few plastic plants, boxes full of spark plugs, about 20 blood pressure gauges, some softball bats, and too many bed linens to count. Thinking I could make money was an ultimate failure on these items. Turns out no medical center wants home blood pressure gauges and the rest of the stuff brought home about 3/4 of what I paid for the unit. After a little messing around I found that my blood pressure gauges are packed full of mercury. This got me thinking that I could sell this and at least make my money back. I tried selling it to high school chemistry departments, a local factory and a few other places. Short story long, it turns out I’m going to have to pay a disposal fee to get rid of this 30ish pounds of mercury. This will put me in the hole even more and I just can’t afford that at this point in time. Since I’ve been trying to be “green” lately I have a small collection of milk jugs that I planned on taking to the recycling yard. My thought is to use these jugs, fill them with my excess mercury and sink them in the deepest lake in the area. I will of course duct tape the lids extremely tight to ensure no leaks will occur. My question, will this cause long term harm to the recreational activity of this lake? The amount of mercury compared to the amount of water will be very low in comparison. Should the milk jugs ever leak the mercury would the metal be diluted in the large area of water?