Mercury Spill!!!!!!!?

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I just spilt mercury out of a broken themometer on to my deck outside it has broken up into tiny tiny balls and rolled between the boards and where i can't get at?

Is this dangerous still? it is outside but how long will the fumes take to leave? do the balls ever evaporate? is it still dangerous to my cats?
the main doplet was about 1cm round and has broken into balls about 1mm round and there is no way i can get them.. i mostly want to know how dangerous it is to my cats oh and me
 
Mercury is a heavy metal - it won't disintegrate. If there's any way you can get under the deck and pick it up, I'd do that. I doubt that small amount will be a danger to anything if you can't though. The cats won't eat it unless it happened to land on some of their food, etc. (doubtful from your post). It wont hurt you either, again, unless you eat it! ;o)
 
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