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To: Right Wing Assault
I would love to see a student bring in and drop a CFL in a high school.

Calling hasmat.

115 posted on 01/01/2011 8:29:04 PM PST by AGreatPer (Voting for the crazy conservative gave us Ronald Reagan....Ann Coulter)
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To: AGreatPer

Just about every high school currently has hundreds of fluorescent tubes in use and have had them for about 50 years. Most of them last 10 years each and recent ones have the same mercury content as CFLs.

Even the EPA does not suggest calling hazmat for breakage.

http://epa.gov/cfl/cflcleanup.html

They say to leave the room, open windows to air it out, turn off air circulation systems to the room, cleanup the pieces, and dispose of them in a sealed container.

At worst the kid should get in trouble for broken glass on the floor.


121 posted on 01/01/2011 8:45:13 PM PST by Right Wing Assault (The Obama magic is <strike>fading</strike>gone.)
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