As I Suspected, Quit Worrying
December 18th, 2012 at 12:15:17 PM permalink | |
odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 153 Posts: 5030 | Quit worrying about mercury in fluorescent bulbs [in case the safety nazis got to you]. Only caveat seems to be to watch out for youngster's exposure, or constant exposure [hard to picture] http://www.aarp.org/politics-society/environment/info-08-2011/broken-fluorescent-bulb-ask-the-experts.html?cmp=BAC-OUTBRAIN-POLITICS_5782092_How-Dangerous-Is-a-Broken-Fluorescent-Bu I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
December 18th, 2012 at 1:17:38 PM permalink | |
FarFromVegas Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 3 Posts: 121 |
My kids broke a fluorescent and cleaned it up without telling me what they had done. I warned them to stop throwing balls in the house and let me know if they ever do it again so I can clean it up myself. I won't minimize the danger of mercury exposure to young kids or pregnant women, though. I forced myself to eat healthily and had a lot of swordfish when I was pregnant with my second child, and then the studies came out warning against it. That child is the one with Aspergers. I had two more kids after that, including one when I was over 40 and they're both neurologically typical. So, I wouldn't go nuts over a broken bulb every once in a while, but keep the kids away. Three of my kids are bigger than I am, anyway. This space for rent |
December 21st, 2012 at 10:23:13 AM permalink | |
98Clubs Member since: Nov 11, 2012 Threads: 2 Posts: 75 |
I'm more worried about the UV radiation they emit. There are four things certain in life... Death, Taxes, the Resistance to them, and Stupidity. |
December 22nd, 2012 at 8:26:48 AM permalink | |
s2dbaker Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 13 Posts: 241 | I once played with a little ball of liquid mercury in High School Science class, right there on my desk. Now I'm stupid. |
December 22nd, 2012 at 5:30:38 PM permalink | |
digitaltim Member since: Dec 22, 2012 Threads: 0 Posts: 2 |
I agree. |