[Swordmaker]

This is an interesting account. My experience has been different. I’ve been around quite a few broken fluorescent tubes (the four foot kind) - back when I was working at a hardware store to pay for college, and never encountered symptoms remotely like the ones described.

It's called hysteria. Really dangerous.... spreads like wildfire in ignorant boobs... like this guy and the one who sealed the baggie.

[shibumi]

"It's called hysteria. Really dangerous.... spreads like wildfire in ignorant boobs... like this guy and the one who sealed the baggie."


Correct!!!

When I was a kid we used to break thermometers so we could play with the "quicksilver" inside. Then our parents would take us out and throw us through a windshield, so we could get used to riding without seatbelts.

Pardon me, I going to go make a Roma tomato salad. (Maybe I sprinkle them with some MSG first.)

[LibertyRocks]

In this case however, I would assume that there are medical records to back up his story. If he truly had a reaction of this sort - as well as the worker who was processing it for return - then it’s definitely something to think about. If it is a problem, I don’t think this would be a completely isolated case, either... However, unless something becomes an epidemic we don’t usually hear about it, do we?

Hysteria never helps, but neither does denying possibilities of unintended consequences. All everyone is doing here is trying to get to the truth of the matter. Knowledge is a good thing...