[NSRCA-discussion] Mercury

[Bill's Email]

Ed Alt wrote:
> And how exactly would you certify that you had cleaned up the spill 
> successfully if you do it on your own?  Aside from the documented and 
> obvious health risks from exposure, what future legal liabilities do 
> you open yourself up to from a spill on your premises?  What happens 
> if you later sell you home without having hired a professional for 
> cleanup, and the new owner discovers mercury levels due to your 
> negligence? Yes, this is what I want in an electric bulb.
>  
> Anyway, this is getting way off topic, but putting lipstick on a pig 
> doesn't really do all that much to fix it up. Here's what the Peoples 
> Republic of NJ has to say about it:
>  
> http://www.nj.gov/health/surv/documents/merchome.pdf
  Ed, the link you posted is for the cleanup of liquid mercury, as in a 
thermometer. CFL typically do not contain liquid mercury it is in either 
vapor or a diffused dust inside the bulb so what you posted does not 
apply to CFL bulbs.

This may help some:

http://www.energytrust.org/residential/es/products/cfl_mercury.html
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