22 May
2017
22 May
'17
7:20 a.m.
And if you break one you have to call HAZMAT. You
did realize that,
didn't you? They contain mercury and any breakage requires professional
remediation by law!!
Please quit spreading this urban legend. Some care in handling is
recommended, but no professional help is required, by law! or
otherwise.
https://www.epa.gov/cfl/cleaning-broken-cfl
22 May
22 May
7:39 a.m.
On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 07:20:34AM -0400, Ken Seefried via cctalk wrote:
Fluorescent bulbs contain more mercurty than CFL's yet no one worries
about them breaking.
https://www3.epa.gov/region02/waste/spent-lamp.pdf
72 Diane VA3DB
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And if you
break one you have to call HAZMAT. You did realize that,
didn't you? They contain mercury and any breakage requires professional
remediation by law!!
Please quit spreading this urban legend. Some care in handling is
recommended, but no professional help is required, by law! or
otherwise.
https://www.epa.gov/cfl/cleaning-broken-cfl
8:15 a.m.
You don't even need call the law if you break a mercury thermometer,
which is about 3-4 grams of mercury. A bulb has what, a few
miligrams?
9:13 a.m.
New subject: CFL
On 5/22/2017 6:39 AM, Diane Bruce via cctalk wrote:
On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 07:20:34AM -0400, Ken Seefried
via cctalk wrote:
Fluorescent bulbs contain more mercurty than CFL's yet no one worries
about them breaking.
https://www3.epa.gov/region02/waste/spent-lamp.pdf
72 Diane VA3DB
Maybe you don't, but I sure worry about fluorescents AND CFLS's breaking.
Although the document you link to is specific for businesses in just
4 states, the entire document IS concerned with the hazard these bulbs
are.
- J.
And if
you break one you have to call HAZMAT. You did realize that,
didn't you? They contain mercury and any breakage requires professional
remediation by law!!
Please quit spreading this urban legend. Some care in
handling is
recommended, but no professional help is required, by law! or
otherwise.
https://www.epa.gov/cfl/cleaning-broken-cfl
10:52 a.m.
New subject: CFL
On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 08:13:51AM -0500, js--- via cctalk wrote:
...
Maybe you don't, but I sure worry about
fluorescents AND CFLS's breaking.
Although the document you link to is specific for businesses in just
4 states, the entire document IS concerned with the hazard these bulbs
are.
I never said I wasn't worried about both fluorescents and CFL's.
I find it horrendous that people freak out over CFL's yet blithely
throw their fluorescents into the garbage without a thought; And yet
older fluorescents were far worse than modern CFL's. We are furiously
agreeing they should both be handled properly.
- J.
Diane
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11:36 a.m.
New subject: CFL
On 05/22/2017 07:52 AM, Diane Bruce via cctalk wrote:
I never said I wasn't worried about both
fluorescents and CFL's. I
find it horrendous that people freak out over CFL's yet blithely
throw their fluorescents into the garbage without a thought; And yet
older fluorescents were far worse than modern CFL's. We are
furiously agreeing they should both be handled properly.
I don't really want to contribute to perpetuating this thread, but I
wonder if there's more mercury in an amalgam dental filling (which many
of us have) than in a CFL. And that mercury is in your mouth.
Mercury switches were unsurpassed for reliability--I miss them.
Mercury-wetted relays were also very reliable. Calomel (Hg2Cl2) was
used as a treatment for syphilis, as a purgative and has a fungicide.
As a voltage reference, (e.g. in a Weston cell) it was quite valuable.
It amazes me that being old enough to have endured lead-based paint,
millions of automobiles spewing tetraethyl lead, mercury in my mouth,
Mercurochrome being painted on my scuffs and scratches, somehow I
managed to survive to my golden years.
--Chuck
12:08 p.m.
New subject: CFL
Chuck Guzis wrote:
I don't really want to contribute to perpetuating
this thread, but I wonder
if there's more mercury in an amalgam dental filling (which many
of us have) than in a CFL. And that mercury is in your mouth.
Mercury switches were unsurpassed for reliability--I miss them.
Mercury-wetted relays were also very reliable. Calomel (Hg2Cl2) was used
as a treatment for syphilis, as a purgative and has a fungicide.
As a voltage reference, (e.g. in a Weston cell) it was quite valuable.
It amazes me that being old enough to have endured lead-based paint,
millions of automobiles spewing tetraethyl lead, mercury in my mouth,
Mercurochrome being painted on my scuffs and scratches, somehow I
managed to survive to my golden years.
Don't forget playing with a big tub of Hg in chemistry class.
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12:20 p.m.
New subject: CFL
On 05/22/2017 09:08 AM, William Sudbrink via cctalk wrote:
Don't forget playing with a big tub of Hg in
chemistry class.
Heh. I remember building a mercury diffusion pump as a special class
project. If a kid was to spill as much mercury today that I spilled
back then, they'd probably raze the building.
--Chuck
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