Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 07:16:25 -0400
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From: "Allan Astrup Jensen" <aaj**At_Symbol_Here**force.dk>
Date: May 11, 2010 5:26:29 AM EDT
Subject: RE: [DCHAS-L] 3 re: Hg response


Please, don=92t underestimate the danger of mercury vapour!
Mercury vapour is dangerous, and it is difficult to clean up indoor spills completely. Even the 5 mg Hg from a crushed light bulb indoors can create dangerous air concentrations, as many publications have shown. The saturated air concentration at room temperature is about 15 mg Hg/m3. That concentration is 500 times higher than the TLV, and such exposures have resulted in serious intoxications.

 

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