ApocaDocs: Brown Researchers Create Mercury-Absorbent Container Linings for Broken CFLs

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Posted Sat Jun 28 2008: from Brown University, via EurekAlert:


	Brown Researchers Create Mercury-Absorbent Container Linings for Broken CFLs http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1214619296 Each [compact fluorescent lamp (CFL)] contains a small amount (3 to 5 milligrams) of mercury, a neurotoxin that can be released as vapor when a bulb is broken. The gas can pose a minor risk to certain groups, such as infants, small children and pregnant women.... The team has created a prototype – a mercury-capturing lining attached to the inside of store-bought CFL packaging. The packaging can be placed over the area where a bulb has been broken to absorb the mercury vapor emanating from the spill, or it can capture the mercury of a bulb broken in the box. The researchers also have created a specially designed lining for plastic bags that soaks up the mercury left over from the CFL shards that are thrown away.

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