Christopher Melder, the man accused of spilling mercury in four separate locations in west Houston and Spring, spoke to KPRC 2 exclusively from the Harris County Jail. Melder said he found the mercury at an abandoned lab. Melder claims he then took the mercury home, looked it up on YouTube and even played with it in his own hands. “I didn’t go far in school and didn’t know it was bad,” he said, adding that he wasn’t trying to harm anybody. For more on the spills and what people can do if they may have been exposed to mercury, go to our previous KPRC 2 report.