I also played with mercury in the 50s and in high school, and college exposed my skin directly to probably gallons of benzene, toluene, and other compounds including asbestos in the labs.
At this point in my life I should be a blob of festering tumors but low and behold I’m not. There is a big difference between that type of mercury exposure and exposure to dangerous radioactive materials and by the way, the tiny bit of tritium in old watches and other instruments is not going to hurt you.
Thanks. I’ve lived long enough to see liberals, the FDA, the CDC et al (along with their captive study conductors - academia) reverse themselves on a number of items that are “bad for you.”