just broke cfl

[weedman013]

what is mercury and should i be really worried right now thanks

 

[420forever1289]

what is mercury and should i be really worried right now thanks

.....mercury is a metal.....that at room temp is a liquid....it is extremely toxic if injested..... but no i wouldnt be worried unless ur licking ur bulbs

 

[weedman013]

.....mercury is a metal.....that at room temp is a liquid....it is extremely toxic if injested..... but no i wouldnt be worried unless ur licking ur bulbs

lol alright i just got nerves because the grow room is in my room and i have asthma and was worried about a gas or something lol thanks

 

[Boogaloo Bud]

Well touching mercury long enough will harm you. Just keep away from it. If you just broke the bulb then you should be more worried about cutting yourself on the glass.

 

[gogrow]

.....mercury is a metal.....that at room temp is a liquid....it is extremely toxic if injested..... but no i wouldnt be worried unless ur licking ur bulbs

its isnt elemental mercury (the silver liquid metal we are all used to), but instead it is mercury vapor....

lol alright i just got nerves because the grow room is in my room and i have asthma and was worried about a gas or something lol thanks

as stated above, cfls use mercury vapor inside, which is why you cant just throw them in your garbage.... i would look into (google away) what cleaning steps to go through, especially with you having asthma.

 

[gogrow]

(copy paste from wikipedia)

Special handling instructions for breakage are currently not printed on the packaging of household CFL bulbs in many countries. The amount of mercury released by one bulb can exceed U.S. federal guidelines for chronic exposure.[47][48] Chronic however, implies that the exposure takes place over a long period of time and the Maine DEP study noted that it remains unclear what the health risks are from shorter-term exposure to low levels of elemental mercury. The Maine DEP study also confirmed that, despite following EPA best-practice cleanup guidelines on broken CFLs, researchers were unable to remove mercury from carpet, and any agitation of the carpet—such as by young children playing—created spikes as high as 25,000 ng/m3 in air close to the carpet, even weeks after the initial breakage.

 

[Louis541]

Oh damn. If only I could remember how many of those CFLs I've broke over the last couple of years because I was high and dicking around.......

 

[skiskate]

When I was living in a dorm, these group of drunk kids would break the lights almost every single night. And every single time I thought it was funny because they just smashed like 50 lights and inhaled all that mercury. Those assholes probably have cancer now...

 

[weedman013]

hey thinks for the info yeah i broke it on tile so its not to bad and well im still alive lol thanks so much