The following list of elements contains a secret message:

Mercury, Lead, Thulium, Polonium, Polonium, Actinium, Americium, Bismuth, Tantalum, Iridium, Mercury, Osmium, Thulium, Americium, Lead, Tantalum, Lutetium, Hafnium, Polonium


Every one of these elements maps to a character somehow...
This link will probably be very helpful.