Re: Inhaled Dust from Broken Fluorescent Bulbs

In message <1119741056.659878.94820@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, lightnessofbeing <Hasclue@xxxxxxx> writes
Assuming I've absorbed mercury vapor into my lungs, what happens next? Does the mercury dissipate through urine or feces? Does it linger in my lung tissue slowly poisoning me ? Does it end up in my bloodstream, settling here and there in various organs ? Perhaps this is not the newsgroup to ask, but perhaps someone here does know.

It should pass in your faeces. You'll know when it has done so by the loud thud noise as a silver coloured turd displaces the water in your toilet in a forceful manner.

I'm only kidding. You really haven't been exposed to much vapour. Don't worry about it, but do take precautions like working outdoors if you have to do this again. A few of the responses to your original enquiry were quite alarmist, but your exposure was low. If you were smashing tubes every day, then that would be an issue.

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Clive Mitchell
http://www.bigclive.com
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