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The Consumer Recycling Guide: Recycling More Obscure Materials (toxics, batteries, mercury, computers, eyeglasses, foam peanuts)
Mercury Switches Fluorescent bulbs contain a small amount of mercury vapor. Older wall-mounted thermostats have a ball of shiny silvery liquid metal mercury. Thermometers with a silver (not red) column probably contain mercury. Mercury ...
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Mercury in Households
Mercury vapor in the air can be very toxic. Families have been poisoned from mercury spills in the home which have been improperly ... mercury. Care should be taken when moving or working with antique mirrors. This fact sheet discusses one homeowner's experience with an antique mirror and the mercury contained within. Mercury vapor testing was performed. Mercury ...
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Cleaning Up Small Mercury Spills
OR ZINC ON THE SPILL SITE to bind any remaining mercury. This may be supplied in mercury spill kits as mercury vapor absorbent or purchased separately from garden supply stores or chemical ... poorly ventilated, confined areas), a direct reading mercury vapor meter may be used to detect the presence of mercury. In extreme (human exposure) situations, mercury monitoring (testing) of blood plasma or ...
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SUNY-ESF, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Waste Light Bulb Recycling Guidelines Guidelines for the collection and recycling of all fluorescent, mercury vapor, metal halide and high-pressure sodium light bulbs used on campus. Material Safety Data Sheets ...
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Fluorescent Lights and Mercury
The tube contains mercury, of which only a very small amount is in vapor form. When a voltage is applied, the electrodes energize the mercury vapor, causing it to emit ultraviolet (UV) energy. The phosphor coating absorbs the UV energy, causing the phosphor to fluoresce and emit visible light. Without the mercury vapor to ...
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Clancy, the Mercury-Detecting Dog, Helps Make Schools Safe | Resource Conservation Challenge (RCC) Newsroom | US EPA
By locating spills so they can be cleaned up, Clancy is helping assure that people will not continue to breathe mercury vapor from the spills. MPCA’s Mercury ...
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Mercury In King County: Which Lamps Have Mercury?
Mercury In King County: Which Lamps Have Mercury? You are in: HazWaste » Mercury » Fluorescent lamps » Which Lamps Have Mercury? Which Lamps Have Mercury? ... mercury or 'green tips': linear tubes that sometimes contain lesser amounts of mercury; Compact fluorescent lamps (CFL's): 'twisty' bulbs that replace traditional incandescent light bulbs; High intensity discharge (HID) lamps: mercury vapor ...
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Mercury Policy Project
Tests conducted by the State of Maine (see FAQ and Clean-Up Instructions) confirm earlier states findings suggesting that under certain conditions mercury vapor ...
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Mercury Speciation
Vapor Phase Mercury As illustrated in Figure 1, of the 80 percent total mercury in the vapor phase, 20 percent of the total mercury is in the elemental vapor form and 60 percent of the total mercury is in the divalent vapor form (Peterson et ...
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Mercury In King County: Elemental Mercury
Mercury In King County: Elemental Mercury You are in: HazWaste » Mercury » General Information » Elemental Mercury Elemental Mercury What is it? Health effects Household disposal Business disposal Schools disposal What is it? Elemental mercury ... effects People are exposed to elemental mercury by breathing it in vapor form. Exposure to elemental mercury can result in the following symptoms: tremors ...
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