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Remember the 'good ole days'...
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." |
Remember the 'good ole days'...
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." |
Remember the 'good ole days'...
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." I won't be surprised if eventually you won't have to call in a toxic waste clean up crew. |
Remember the 'good ole days'...
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. |
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On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:19:48 -0600, "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. I don't doubt it. I never knew that these fluorescent bulbs were that hazardous. If I break one, I'll definitely pay attention to the clean up directions. -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." |
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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. |
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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 - - Show quoted text - No worries. Breath the dust more next time. It's okay, Rush said so. |
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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. 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." |
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