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On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:49:36 -0500, John H.
wrote:

when you broke a light bulb. You cussed a bit, got a broom, and cleaned up
the mess. No big deal.

Times have changed.

Compact fluorescent lamps contain small amounts of toxic mercury that can
vaporize when the bulbs break, creating a potential health risk for
infants, young children, and pregnant women. If a lamp does break, follow
these cleanup procedures:

Keep people and pets away. Open windows, and leave the area for 15 minutes
before beginning the cleanup.

Do not use a vacuum cleaner, even on a carpet. This will spread the
mercury
vapor and dust and potentially contaminate the vacuum.

Wear rubber gloves.

Carefully remove the larger pieces and place them in a secure closed
container, preferably a glass jar with a metal screw top lid and seal like
a canning jar.

Next, scoop up the smaller pieces and dust using two stiff pieces of paper
such as index cards or playing cards.

Pick up fine particles with duct tape, packing tape, or masking tape, and
then use a wet wipe or damp paper towel.

Put all waste into the glass container, including all material used in the
cleanup. Remove the container from your home and call your local solid
waste district or municipality for disposal instructions.

Continue ventilating the room for several hours.

Wash your hands and face.

As a precaution, consider discarding throw rugs or the area of carpet
where
the breakage occurred, particularly if the rug is in an area frequented by
infants, small children or pregnant women. Otherwise, open windows during
the next several times you vacuum the carpet to provide good ventilation.

SOURCES: Maine Bureau of Remediation and Waste Management; Mercury Policy
Project


Regular old floresent tubes have a lot more mercury in them then the
little twisty ones, and the same rules apply. There is nothing new
about this issue.


I can remember when people threw those 4 foot long tubes against a concrete
wall because they blew up in a neat fashion.
It's a wonder any of us are alive today.

On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:59:39 -0400, "Don White"
wrote:


wrote in message
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On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:49:36 -0500, John H.
wrote:

when you broke a light bulb. You cussed a bit, got a broom, and cleaned up
the mess. No big deal.

Times have changed.

Compact fluorescent lamps contain small amounts of toxic mercury that can
vaporize when the bulbs break, creating a potential health risk for
infants, young children, and pregnant women. If a lamp does break, follow
these cleanup procedures:

Keep people and pets away. Open windows, and leave the area for 15 minutes
before beginning the cleanup.

Do not use a vacuum cleaner, even on a carpet. This will spread the
mercury
vapor and dust and potentially contaminate the vacuum.

Wear rubber gloves.

Carefully remove the larger pieces and place them in a secure closed
container, preferably a glass jar with a metal screw top lid and seal like
a canning jar.

Next, scoop up the smaller pieces and dust using two stiff pieces of paper
such as index cards or playing cards.

Pick up fine particles with duct tape, packing tape, or masking tape, and
then use a wet wipe or damp paper towel.

Put all waste into the glass container, including all material used in the
cleanup. Remove the container from your home and call your local solid
waste district or municipality for disposal instructions.

Continue ventilating the room for several hours.

Wash your hands and face.

As a precaution, consider discarding throw rugs or the area of carpet
where
the breakage occurred, particularly if the rug is in an area frequented by
infants, small children or pregnant women. Otherwise, open windows during
the next several times you vacuum the carpet to provide good ventilation.

SOURCES: Maine Bureau of Remediation and Waste Management; Mercury Policy
Project


Regular old floresent tubes have a lot more mercury in them then the
little twisty ones, and the same rules apply. There is nothing new
about this issue.


I can remember when people threw those 4 foot long tubes against a concrete
wall because they blew up in a neat fashion.
It's a wonder any of us are alive today.


When I was a kid, we always played with the mercury from broken
thermometers, rolling it around in our palm and so on. You're right, we
should all be dead.
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

On Feb 28, 12:10*pm, John H. wrote:
On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:59:39 -0400, "Don White"
wrote:







wrote in message
.. .
On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:49:36 -0500, John H.
wrote:

when you broke a light bulb. You cussed a bit, got a broom, and cleaned up
the mess. No big deal.

Times have changed.

Compact fluorescent lamps contain small amounts of toxic mercury that can
vaporize when the bulbs break, creating a potential health risk for
infants, young children, and pregnant women. If a lamp does break, follow
these cleanup procedures:

Keep people and pets away. Open windows, and leave the area for 15 minutes
before beginning the cleanup.

Do not use a vacuum cleaner, even on a carpet. This will spread the
mercury
vapor and dust and potentially contaminate the vacuum.

Wear rubber gloves.

Carefully remove the larger pieces and place them in a secure closed
container, preferably a glass jar with a metal screw top lid and seal like
a canning jar.

Next, scoop up the smaller pieces and dust using two stiff pieces of paper
such as index cards or playing cards.

Pick up fine particles with duct tape, packing tape, or masking tape, and
then use a wet wipe or damp paper towel.

Put all waste into the glass container, including all material used in the
cleanup. Remove the container from your home and call your local solid
waste district or municipality for disposal instructions.

Continue ventilating the room for several hours.

Wash your hands and face.

As a precaution, consider discarding throw rugs or the area of carpet
where
the breakage occurred, particularly if the rug is in an area frequented by
infants, small children or pregnant women. Otherwise, open windows during
the next several times you vacuum the carpet to provide good ventilation.

Don White wrote:
wrote in message
...
On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:49:36 -0500, John H.
wrote:

when you broke a light bulb. You cussed a bit, got a broom, and cleaned up
the mess. No big deal.

Times have changed.

Compact fluorescent lamps contain small amounts of toxic mercury that can
vaporize when the bulbs break, creating a potential health risk for
infants, young children, and pregnant women. If a lamp does break, follow
these cleanup procedures:

Keep people and pets away. Open windows, and leave the area for 15 minutes
before beginning the cleanup.

Do not use a vacuum cleaner, even on a carpet. This will spread the
mercury
vapor and dust and potentially contaminate the vacuum.

Wear rubber gloves.

Carefully remove the larger pieces and place them in a secure closed
container, preferably a glass jar with a metal screw top lid and seal like
a canning jar.

Next, scoop up the smaller pieces and dust using two stiff pieces of paper
such as index cards or playing cards.

Pick up fine particles with duct tape, packing tape, or masking tape, and
then use a wet wipe or damp paper towel.

Put all waste into the glass container, including all material used in the
cleanup. Remove the container from your home and call your local solid
waste district or municipality for disposal instructions.

Continue ventilating the room for several hours.

Wash your hands and face.

As a precaution, consider discarding throw rugs or the area of carpet
where
the breakage occurred, particularly if the rug is in an area frequented by
infants, small children or pregnant women. Otherwise, open windows during
the next several times you vacuum the carpet to provide good ventilation.

SOURCES: Maine Bureau of Remediation and Waste Management; Mercury Policy
Project

Regular old floresent tubes have a lot more mercury in them then the
little twisty ones, and the same rules apply. There is nothing new
about this issue.


I can remember when people threw those 4 foot long tubes against a concrete
wall because they blew up in a neat fashion.
It's a wonder any of us are alive today.

We used to ride bicycles without helmets, knee pads, elbow pads, how did
we survive?

On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:46:58 -0500, BAR wrote:

We used to ride bicycles without helmets, knee pads, elbow pads, how did
we survive?

I wonder if any kid today could get in a Hudson Hornet, take it out to
a hay field and see how many times they could get the car to roll
over?

I mean when we were still living next to my Uncle's dairy farm, at
twelve we were driving hay trucks with a good 15/16 ton of chopped
fodder, running the combine/pickers and plowing in the spring.

And don't even get me started on school - walked twelve miles, up
hill, both ways. :)

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:46:58 -0500, BAR wrote:

We used to ride bicycles without helmets, knee pads, elbow pads, how did
we survive?

I wonder if any kid today could get in a Hudson Hornet, take it out to
a hay field and see how many times they could get the car to roll
over?

I mean when we were still living next to my Uncle's dairy farm, at
twelve we were driving hay trucks with a good 15/16 ton of chopped
fodder, running the combine/pickers and plowing in the spring.

And don't even get me started on school - walked twelve miles, up
hill, both ways. :)

Wasn't it barefoot in the snow?

On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:04:48 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
"Reggie is Here wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:46:58 -0500, BAR wrote:

We used to ride bicycles without helmets, knee pads, elbow pads, how did
we survive?

I wonder if any kid today could get in a Hudson Hornet, take it out to
a hay field and see how many times they could get the car to roll
over?

I mean when we were still living next to my Uncle's dairy farm, at
twelve we were driving hay trucks with a good 15/16 ton of chopped
fodder, running the combine/pickers and plowing in the spring.

And don't even get me started on school - walked twelve miles, up
hill, both ways. :)

Wasn't it barefoot in the snow?

Damned straight. Across Lake Michigan to boot.

On Feb 28, 8:14*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:46:58 -0500, BAR wrote:
We used to ride bicycles without helmets, knee pads, elbow pads, how did
we survive?

I wonder if any kid today could get in a Hudson Hornet, take it out to
a hay field and see how many times they could get the car to roll
over?

I mean when we were still living next to my Uncle's dairy farm, at
twelve we were driving hay trucks with a good 15/16 ton of chopped
fodder, running the combine/pickers and plowing in the spring.

And don't even get me started on school - walked twelve miles, up
hill, both ways. *:)

In the snow? from September to May?

On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:44:07 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

On Feb 28, 8:14*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:46:58 -0500, BAR wrote:
We used to ride bicycles without helmets, knee pads, elbow pads, how did
we survive?

I wonder if any kid today could get in a Hudson Hornet, take it out to
a hay field and see how many times they could get the car to roll
over?

I mean when we were still living next to my Uncle's dairy farm, at
twelve we were driving hay trucks with a good 15/16 ton of chopped
fodder, running the combine/pickers and plowing in the spring.

And don't even get me started on school - walked twelve miles, up
hill, both ways. *:)

In the snow? from September to May?

Across the lake - up hill - both ways.

BAR wrote:

We used to ride bicycles without helmets, knee pads, elbow pads, how did
we survive?


Were you born stupid, or was it the result of landing on your head too
many times?