On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:04:04 GMT, Robert Allison
wrote:

wrote:

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.

Hey, I have broken many of the old tubes (alot of them on purpose
just to see them pop). I always just cleaned them up, or I broke
them in a dumpster. How long do I have to live?

Just don't get pregnant!
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:08:40 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Feb 28, 12:19*pm, "Brad Darnell"
wrote:
I work in the chlorine industry and we use large amounts of mercury in our
plant. Trust me this is really bad stuff, while they may go over the top a
bit, I can assure you that you do not want to breath this vapor very often.
Women are not allowed to work in our plant due to possible birth defects. We
are in the process of changing our plant over to a non Hg process, my
company will spend millions of $ to do this. Thats how bad Hg can be.
Brad"John H." wrote in message

...



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

To see article click on
http://www.boston.com/news/local/art...at_to_do_when_...

or,http://tinyurl.com/3de6x3

--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."- Hide quoted text -

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John's a huge Rush conservative. They don't care one bit about the
environment.

What's with the personal attacks? I posted something to show how to clean
up after breaking a light bulb. How do you translate that into not caring
about the environment?

You and Chuck listen to Rush a whole hell of a lot more than I do. You're
both quoting him continuously.
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

On 28-Feb-2008, Robert Allison wrote:

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.

Hey, I have broken many of the old tubes (alot of them on purpose
just to see them pop). I always just cleaned them up, or I broke
them in a dumpster. How long do I have to live?

A LOT longer than the bedwetters running out to get overpriced red Chinese
"compact florescents" and going blind trying to read with them.

Scratch that, bedwetters don't read.

My wife, who bore me two daughters, works with mercury in a scientific
lab. She also works with other volatile chemicals. Lithium for one. I
think my wife is crazy but my daughters are extremely smart.


Brad Darnell wrote:
I work in the chlorine industry and we use large amounts of mercury in our
plant. Trust me this is really bad stuff, while they may go over the top a
bit, I can assure you that you do not want to breath this vapor very often.
Women are not allowed to work in our plant due to possible birth defects. We
are in the process of changing our plant over to a non Hg process, my
company will spend millions of $ to do this. Thats how bad Hg can be.
Brad
"John H." wrote in message
...
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

To see article click on
http://www.boston.com/news/local/art...escents_crack/

or, http://tinyurl.com/3de6x3


--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

wrote:
On Feb 28, 1:04 pm, Robert Allison wrote:
wrote:
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.
Hey, I have broken many of the old tubes (alot of them on purpose
just to see them pop). I always just cleaned them up, or I broke
them in a dumpster. How long do I have to live?

--
Robert Allison
Rimshot, Inc.
Georgetown, TX- Hide quoted text -

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No worries. Breath the dust more next time. It's okay, Rush said so.

"Breath"?

wrote:

John's a huge Rush conservative. They don't care one bit about the
environment.

You are for a ban on fluorescent light bulbs? You are for a ban on
hybrid vehicles?

John H. wrote:
On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:08:40 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Feb 28, 12:19 pm, "Brad Darnell"
wrote:
I work in the chlorine industry and we use large amounts of mercury in our
plant. Trust me this is really bad stuff, while they may go over the top a
bit, I can assure you that you do not want to breath this vapor very often.
Women are not allowed to work in our plant due to possible birth defects. We
are in the process of changing our plant over to a non Hg process, my
company will spend millions of $ to do this. Thats how bad Hg can be.
Brad"John H." wrote in message

...



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
To see article click on
http://www.boston.com/news/local/art...at_to_do_when_...
or,http://tinyurl.com/3de6x3
--
John H
"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
John's a huge Rush conservative. They don't care one bit about the
environment.

What's with the personal attacks? I posted something to show how to clean
up after breaking a light bulb. How do you translate that into not caring
about the environment?

You and Chuck listen to Rush a whole hell of a lot more than I do. You're
both quoting him continuously.

Booger is just being an equal opportunity asshole.

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. :)

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?