Mercury leaked from thermometer
Mercury thermometers should no longer be in any household for health reasons If you still have one and it breaks, you have to be careful with the mercury be disposed of.
Not every thermometer contains mercury. You can tell whether your thermometers contain mercury by the fact that there is a silver measuring column instead of a red or blue measuring column. Mercury is very harmful to living things and should therefore be disposed of with care if the thermometer is spilled or broken.
How to remove mercury
- Under no circumstances should you leave the mercury lying around, the vapors that emanate from it can be very harmful to your health. It must be removed immediately.
- To remove, put on disposable gloves to avoid touching the skin to avoid.
- The mercury is pushed together with a firm piece of paper into a small ball and then removed from the floor with the sticky side of an adhesive tape.
- Put the tape in a plastic bag and seal it tightly with tape. Wrap the bag in a newspaper and take it to a hazardous waste point immediately.
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Keep this in mind with a broken thermometer
- Mercury must not be swept up or sucked up. This causes it to blow up and the toxins can spread throughout the room.
- Carefully scan the floor for mercury. Even a small forgotten ball in a corner can give off toxic fumes.
- Children and animals are not allowed to enter the room until the floor has been cleaned.
Mercury thermometers are best when you don't have one. If you replace your mercury thermometer with normal thermometers, there is also less risk that it will break and toxic fumes will be absorbed. Especially when there are small children in the house, these thermometers should be at the top and not within reach.
