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Dla zwolenników świetlówek kompaktowych:
"For the Maine study, researchers shattered 65 compact fluorescents to
test air quality and cleanup methods. They found that, in many cases,
immediately after the bulb was broken - and sometimes even after a cleanup
was attempted - levels of mercury vapor exceeded federal guidelines for
chronic exposure by as much as 100 times."
""We found some very high levels [of mercury] even after we tried a number
of cleanup techniques," said Mark Hyland, director of Maine's Bureau of
Remediation and Waste Management."
"The study recommended that if a compact fluorescent breaks, get children and pets out of the room. Ventilate the room. Never use a vacuum, even on a rug, to clean up a broken compact fluorescent lamps. Instead, use stiff paper such as index cards and tape to pick up pieces, and then wipe the
area with a wet wipe or damp paper towel. If there are young children or
pregnant woman in the house, consider cutting out the piece of carpet
where the lamp broke as a precaution. Place the shards and cleanup debris in a glass jar with a screw top and remove the jar from the house."
CFLs contain small amounts of the toxic element mercury. If a bulb is
broken, it releases mercury vapor. The United States Environmental
Protection Agency has released a document on cleaning up broken CFLs,
instructing people to not vacuum, to open windows and leave the room for
15 minutes, clean up the pieces while wearing gloves, use duct tape to
pick up small pieces, and double-bag in plastic all broken pieces, in
order to avoid mercury poisoning. These precautions are not printed on the
packaging of CFLs in the United States. "
http://www.epa.gov/mercury/spills/index.htm#flourescent
