HELP!!!!!

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Again, it's a CFL -- compact flourescent lightbulb -- and yes, it does

contain mercury. Check the multiple articles I posted.

> > > > > Hey guys...

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> > > > > My dogs knocked over my lamp and broke one of those halogen

> > > lightbulbs.

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> > > > > Aren't they loaded with mercury??? I'm so freaked out..... I

> > > want to

> > > > > get my kids out of the house.

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> > > > > What should I do???????????????

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Sorry, your initial message stated " halogen "

" --> My dogs knocked over my lamp and broke one of those halogen

> > > > lightbulbs.-- "

If you corrected that, I missed it. I agree that a compact

fluorescent, or ANY fluorescent for that matter, does contain

mercury and warrants concern.

Sue

> > > > > > Hey guys...

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> > > > > > My dogs knocked over my lamp and broke one of those halogen

> > > > lightbulbs.

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> > > > > > Aren't they loaded with mercury??? I'm so freaked out..... I

> > > > want to

> > > > > > get my kids out of the house.

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> > > > > > What should I do???????????????

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Sorry, didn't mean to sound cranky..... having mercury in my house

makes me a little irritable.

So any advice here? I mean, I cleaned it up, vacuumed, etc. Would it

help if I cleaned the carpet? I have all the windows in the house

open and our huge whole house exhaust fan going.

It is a gas? So is it in the air? Is it a powder? What the heck is

in those light bulbs??

Should I call the County tomorrow to have them measure the mercury

level? Do I replace the carpet??

Am I overreacting?

> > > > > > > Hey guys...

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > My dogs knocked over my lamp and broke one of those halogen

> > > > > lightbulbs.

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > Aren't they loaded with mercury??? I'm so freaked

out..... I

> > > > > want to

> > > > > > > get my kids out of the house.

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> > > > > > > What should I do???????????????

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I don't think you're overreacting. Call the county, get

measurements, get yourself tested and the kids. And getting rid of

the carpet, though it sounds painfully expensive, is probably a good

idea. And get rid of the vaccuum cleaner.

Sorry, probably not what you want to hear right now but I keep

thinking of what was in Room 6 in the Jersey school where so many

teachers ended up having kids with disabilities. Might have been a

broken bulb, might have been something else, so little is known and

there are certain things none of us want to find out the hard way.

This isn't a directive but just what I would would do if I were in

your shoes. I'd be a mess over it, by the way. I'd be weeping over

our oriental. I hope you just have some synthetic carpet that you

hate and have been lobbying to rip up if you just had the excuse and

that your vaccuum had lost suction anyway and you have a coupon for

a better one.

I guess the good news is that you can, um, redecorate?

> > > > > > > > Hey guys...

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > My dogs knocked over my lamp and broke one of those

halogen

> > > > > > lightbulbs.

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > Aren't they loaded with mercury??? I'm so freaked

> out..... I

> > > > > > want to

> > > > > > > > get my kids out of the house.

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > What should I do???????????????

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> > > > > > > > Hey guys...

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > My dogs knocked over my lamp and broke one of those

halogen

> > > > > > lightbulbs.

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > Aren't they loaded with mercury??? I'm so freaked

> out..... I

> > > > > > want to

> > > > > > > > get my kids out of the house.

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > What should I do???????????????

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It's actually new carpet. But whatever I have to do, I'll do.

What makes me so mad is that I told my husband MONTHS ago to get rid

of those stupid light bulbs... but no, captain environment says we

need to save 40 cents a month on our electric bill. Wonder how he

feels now about having to spend thousands on new carpet.

Hrmph.

Should I go get a hotel room tonight? I feel like we're walking

around in a hazmat zone.

cindy

> > > > > > > > > Hey guys...

> > > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > > My dogs knocked over my lamp and broke one of those

> halogen

> > > > > > > lightbulbs.

> > > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > > Aren't they loaded with mercury??? I'm so freaked

> > out..... I

> > > > > > > want to

> > > > > > > > > get my kids out of the house.

> > > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > > What should I do???????????????

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[Guest guest]

You would think this sort of stuff was covered under insurance.

On 9/9/07 3:51 PM, " autismlink " <cindy@...> wrote:

It's actually new carpet. But whatever I have to do, I'll do.

What makes me so mad is that I told my husband MONTHS ago to get rid

of those stupid light bulbs... but no, captain environment says we

need to save 40 cents a month on our electric bill. Wonder how he

feels now about having to spend thousands on new carpet.

Hrmph.

Should I go get a hotel room tonight? I feel like we're walking

around in a hazmat zone.

cindy

> > > > > > > > > Hey guys...

> > > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > > My dogs knocked over my lamp and broke one of those

> halogen

> > > > > > > lightbulbs.

> > > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > > Aren't they loaded with mercury??? I'm so freaked

> > out..... I

> > > > > > > want to

> > > > > > > > > get my kids out of the house.

> > > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > > What should I do???????????????

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[Guest guest]

you should try to get the local media involved there to do

a story on this… no one has a clue… I didn’t either, I filled

out house with those things thinking I was doing good –saving money and

saving a small part of the environment…

These new bulbs are awful.

Sorry about your troubles… honestly, if it were me, I would

get out of the house until the health dept comes.

From:

EOHarm [mailto:EOHarm ] On Behalf Of autismlink

Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 11:34 AM

EOHarm

Subject: Re: HELP!!!!!

Well I did everything I wasn't supposed to do.

I touched it, I

vacuumed, ARRRGH.

The fire dept. was just here -- they can't test for mercury, so I have

to wait until tomorrow for the health dept. to come and test the house

for mercury.

Do you remember the lady from Maine who had to pay $2,000 for clean

up??? Read this:

http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/financialpost/story.html?id=aa7796aa-e4a5-4c06-be84-b62dee548fda

When they tested for mercury after the broken light bulb it was 6x the

EPA limit.

I'm freaking out over here!

> Hey guys...

>

> My dogs knocked over my lamp and broke one of those halogen lightbulbs.

>

> Aren't they loaded with mercury??? I'm so freaked out..... I want to

> get my kids out of the house.

>

> What should I do???????????????

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> W.

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> > > > > > > > > > Hey guys...

> > > > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > > > My dogs knocked over my lamp and broke one of

those

> > halogen

> > > > > > > > lightbulbs.

> > > > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > > > Aren't they loaded with mercury??? I'm so freaked

> > > out..... I

> > > > > > > > want to

> > > > > > > > > > get my kids out of the house.

> > > > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > > > What should I do???????????????

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> > Hey guys...

> >

> > My dogs knocked over my lamp and broke one of those halogen

lightbulbs.

> >

> > Aren't they loaded with mercury??? I'm so freaked out..... I want

to

> > get my kids out of the house.

> >

> > What should I do???????????????

> >

> > W.

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[Guest guest]

You vacuumed it? I'd be tossing the vacuum too.

good luck with the clean up

Kerrie

In a message dated 9/9/2007 3:11:50 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, cindy@... writes:

So any advice here? I mean, I cleaned it up, vacuumed, etc. Would ithelp if I cleaned the carpet? I have all the windows in the houseopen and our huge whole house exhaust fan going.

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Here's a brief article that explains the difference between halogen and fluorescent bulbs: http://www.physicscentral.com/lou/2001/bulbs.html Aasaautismlink <cindy@...> wrote: Hey guys...My dogs knocked over my lamp and broke one of those halogen lightbulbs.Aren't they loaded with mercury??? I'm so freaked out..... I want toget my kids out of the house.What should I

do??????????????? W.

[Guest guest]

You are not alone:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,268747,00.html

[Guest guest]

This document was absolutely perfect and answered all my questions.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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> > Hey guys...

> >

> > My dogs knocked over my lamp and broke one of those

> > halogen lightbulbs.

> >

> > Aren't they loaded with mercury??? I'm so freaked

> > out..... I want to

> > get my kids out of the house.

> >

> > What should I do???????????????

> >

> > W.

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It's a CFL -- one of those " twisty " looking ones. I guess the crisis

is over. We've been ventilating all day. Before I read the

directions on how to clean it up, I picked up the pieces. I don't

care if *I* get exposed to mercury, but I do care if my kids do.

We're going to call in a carpet cleaning company tomorrow in case

there is remaining powder residue.

> Hey guys...

>

> My dogs knocked over my lamp and broke one of those halogen lightbulbs.

>

> Aren't they loaded with mercury??? I'm so freaked out..... I want to

> get my kids out of the house.

>

> What should I do???????????????

>

> W.

>

[Guest guest]

The author of this article in a prior article called us wackos for

believing that autism and mercury were related.

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> You are not alone:

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> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,268747,00.html

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[Guest guest]

I know, that mercury is so mercurial. Bulbs- bad; shots- safe. I

think mercury might be bewitched, actually, because if you drip it

on your hand, you die. If you breath it, you're poisoned. If you eat

it, you're f** & ed. But if you inject it into a day old infant, it's

fine because the bad juju has been exorcised by magic-wand waving

Harry Potter lab technicians at vaccine manufacturing facilities.

Unless the infant is a bad infant. Good infants from good families

are safe.

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> > Hey guys...

> >

> > My dogs knocked over my lamp and broke one of those halogen

lightbulbs.

> >

> > Aren't they loaded with mercury??? I'm so freaked out..... I want

to

> > get my kids out of the house.

> >

> > What should I do???????????????

> >

> > W.

> >

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[Guest guest]

The twisty ones are the ones with mercury.

Compact florescent light (CFL). I would call the EPA. I don’t

think your carpet would be salvageable at all, nor your vacuum cleaner.

Halogen bulbs aren’t around as much anymore because they use too much

power and are a fire hazard.

Do you have MB-12 for yourself? You

are needed for your kids so you want to be just as careful for yourself.

Call your DAN dr. and find out what you can do immediately, like selenium,

methionine, etc. It has certainly been a shit day for you, I really hope

you can get someone out immediately from EPA to clean it up. You might

want to put plastic up around the doorways to that room as not to expose the

rest of the house. Good luck!!!! -

From: EOHarm [mailto:EOHarm ] On Behalf Of autismlink

Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007

7:28 PM

EOHarm

Subject: Re: HELP!!!!!

It's a CFL -- one of those " twisty " looking

ones. I guess the crisis

is over. We've been ventilating all day. Before I read the

directions on how to clean it up, I picked up the pieces. I don't

care if *I* get exposed to mercury, but I do care if my kids do.

We're going to call in a carpet cleaning company tomorrow in case

there is remaining powder residue.

> Hey guys...

>

> My dogs knocked over my lamp and broke one of those halogen lightbulbs.

>

> Aren't they loaded with mercury??? I'm so freaked out..... I want to

> get my kids out of the house.

>

> What should I do???????????????

>

> W.

>

[Guest guest]

I'm sorry you're going through this. The CFL's now come in ALL shapes,

including globes for bathrooms. I would buy a few boxes of Renew Life

brand Heavy Metal cleanse and start taking them as a precaution to help

your body eliminate the mercury that might be in your home. And yes,

call EPA and inquire about carpet, etc. And call the manufacturer too.

Good luck. KIM

[Guest guest]

We considered ordering carpeting from Bioshield. They send samples and

sell a lot of nontoxic stuff. Synthetic carpets always outgas, wool

are much safer- mites or no mites. Dh hates wall to wall, though, even

for stairs, so we didn't go through with it.

>

> hi... I have heard..carpet has toxic elements.... has anyone else

heard

> this? I know.. lots of people get sick from carpet... new ones...

due the way it

> is manufactured... and then .. the old ones.. from bugs.. mites...

ect... Lia

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Thanks for the kind words. Suburban ostriches generally don't find

angry mom cracks like that very witty (sniff) but I can't stop

myself. So it's refreshing to hear they can be refreshing somewhere!

>:}

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http://tinyurl.com/yw8yem

Sorry if anyone wasn't able to open the link. here's

the tiny url.

It's from maine and tells how to deal withthe broken

CFL bulbs.

--- anacat_11 <anacat_11@...> wrote:

> Thanks for the kind words. Suburban ostriches

> generally don't find

> angry mom cracks like that very witty (sniff) but I

> can't stop

> myself. So it's refreshing to hear they can be

> refreshing somewhere!

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WEll maybe we should mail him a bunch of CFLs that will be broken

during shipment and see how he feels.

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