Re: Child broke open fluorescent light bulb

[Guest guest]

Are you going to do the blood test for mercury

exposure? I think it is accurate for 30 days after

initial exposure.....

--- leyanek <leyanek@...> wrote:

> My five year old broke open a fluorescent light bulb

> that was left here by a previous renter.

> I found him playing with the two pieces. Very

> upsetting. We are starting the oral DMSA

> for the first time today. Would have started it the

> day of, but did not have any chelators.

> The DAN said 10mg per KG 3 x a day for three days.

> I'd like to do the four hour protocol

> instead. My son is 66 pounds or 30kg. So I guess

> instead of giving him three capsules

> three times a day, I'll give 1 1/2 half 6 times a

> day. Does the dosage sound right? Am I

> understanding this correctly? Going to give him his

> first dose right now. Any advice is

> appreciated as we are just starting this. Will this

> absorb the mercury vapors that he was

> exposed too? Should we then repeat this in four

> days instead of waiting 11 days off?

> Thanks for any advice!

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

No, I wasn't going to, should I? I guess I am just assuming there was exposure

since he

broke it, I found him holding both of the pieces, and the side of the light says

" contains

mercury. " If you think I should do the blood test let me know. Our DAN said

that the

vapors emitted are extremely toxic, so that's why I think I need to chelate

asap.

>

> > My five year old broke open a fluorescent light bulb

> > that was left here by a previous renter.

> > I found him playing with the two pieces. Very

> > upsetting. We are starting the oral DMSA

> > for the first time today. Would have started it the

> > day of, but did not have any chelators.

> > The DAN said 10mg per KG 3 x a day for three days.

> > I'd like to do the four hour protocol

> > instead. My son is 66 pounds or 30kg. So I guess

> > instead of giving him three capsules

> > three times a day, I'll give 1 1/2 half 6 times a

> > day. Does the dosage sound right? Am I

> > understanding this correctly? Going to give him his

> > first dose right now. Any advice is

> > appreciated as we are just starting this. Will this

> > absorb the mercury vapors that he was

> > exposed too? Should we then repeat this in four

> > days instead of waiting 11 days off?

> > Thanks for any advice!

> >

> >

> >

>

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

What a nightmare. I recently posted a bad flashback to some

teenagers playing " light saber " with burnt out flourescent tubes

right near me in a parking lot and breaking a few- when I was six

months pregnant. At the time I had no idea about the mercury content

in flourescents.

Doing a mercury blood test might be helpful both to your child and

to other people. I don't want to pressure you to be " activist " about

this, but you could if you so desired. If you've already done the

blood tests for the DAN doctor, that means you've probably had him

tested for mercury and it was probably very low levels if it even

showed up, right? If there was no visible mercury before and some

showed up after he played with the CFL, this creates a before and

after picture. You can use this. Again, both to help your son and to

help other people.

For your son, once you begin chelation, you can keep track of how

much mercury he expells in urine initially (and of course, all the

way through) to see if he's excreting what he may have been recently

exposed to. The argument made by some (not all) Green types

(we're " Green " , but we don't support the pro-CFL arguments) over

compact flourescent lights being " safe " needs a wake-up call, too,

and you could judiciously publicize the results of the before and

after tests (anonymously, if preferable).

> >

> > > My five year old broke open a fluorescent light bulb

> > > that was left here by a previous renter.

> > > I found him playing with the two pieces. Very

> > > upsetting. We are starting the oral DMSA

> > > for the first time today. Would have started it the

> > > day of, but did not have any chelators.

> > > The DAN said 10mg per KG 3 x a day for three days.

> > > I'd like to do the four hour protocol

> > > instead. My son is 66 pounds or 30kg. So I guess

> > > instead of giving him three capsules

> > > three times a day, I'll give 1 1/2 half 6 times a

> > > day. Does the dosage sound right? Am I

> > > understanding this correctly? Going to give him his

> > > first dose right now. Any advice is

> > > appreciated as we are just starting this. Will this

> > > absorb the mercury vapors that he was

> > > exposed too? Should we then repeat this in four

> > > days instead of waiting 11 days off?

> > > Thanks for any advice!

> > >

> > >

> > >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

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[Guest guest]

Comments interspersed.

S S

My five year old broke open a fluorescent light bulb that was left

here by a previous renter.

I found him playing with the two pieces. Very upsetting. We are starting the

oral DMSA

for the first time today. Would have started it the day of, but did not have

any chelators.

The DAN said 10mg per KG 3 x a day for three days.

*Bad idea, likely to cause redistribution.

I'd like to do the four hour protocol

instead. My son is 66 pounds or 30kg. So I guess instead of giving him three

capsules

three times a day, I'll give 1 1/2 half 6 times a day. Does the dosage sound

right?

*1/8 mg/lb-1/2 mg/lb so no more than 33 mg per dose.

Am I

understanding this correctly? Going to give him his first dose right now. Any

advice is

appreciated as we are just starting this. Will this absorb the mercury vapors

that he was

exposed too? Should we then repeat this in four days instead of waiting 11 days

off?

I presume he had NO mercury amalgam dental fillings?!

Thanks for any advice!

*What are you doing to clean up the area where he broke the bulb?

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[Guest guest]

linda? what are you supposed to do to the area where a flourescent bulb

was broken. One was broken in my sons playroom a while back. I cleaned

and vacummed but that was it? should I do more. I didn't even know

those things had mercury in them.

[Guest guest]

Vaccuuming is a bad idea from what I've heard, at least for broken thermometers.

I think someone has posted clean-up info in the pasy.

S S

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>

> linda? what are you supposed to do to the area where a flourescent bulb

> was broken. One was broken in my sons playroom a while back. I cleaned

> and vacummed but that was it? should I do more. I didn't even know

> those things had mercury in them.

>

It is easy to find instructions for cleaning up a mercury spill by

doing a google search. You can also find instructions by searching

the archives of this list.

Never use a vacuum cleaner - this only vaporizes the mercury so it

is more harmful, and also contaminates your vacuum cleaner.

--

[Guest guest]

If the light was on when the bulb broke, vapors are probably the big

concern (if it was off, then there likely was some liquid mercury).

In a confined area, it can be a real hazard. I hate to tell you, but

vacuuming is a big no-no in cleaning up mercury spills; same with

using any non-commercial carpet cleaner.

How long is a while back?

Sorry!

Pam

>

> linda? what are you supposed to do to the area where a flourescent

bulb

> was broken. One was broken in my sons playroom a while back. I

cleaned

> and vacummed but that was it? should I do more. I didn't even know

> those things had mercury in them.

>

[Guest guest]

http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/WPIE/FluoresLamps/#CleanBreak

Here's a link to some clean up info.

S S

>

> linda? what are you supposed to do to the area where a flourescent bulb

> was broken. One was broken in my sons playroom a while back. I cleaned

> and vacummed but that was it? should I do more. I didn't even know

> those things had mercury in them.

>

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