Mercury thermometers - warning.
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 1:03 pm
I just wanted to share something with you which has just happened to me.
I've been in bed all morning with a temp of 39. Yes, I probably have swine 'flu. When my husband bought our thermometer he chose, for financial reasons, a mercury one.
I dropped it this morning.
I have had to wear a mask and collect up the mercury wearing rubber gloves. I have had to ventilate the bedroom, and will continue to leave the window open for 48 hours. I have had to cut away a section of carpet (a large section). I have had to seal up all of what I am getting rid of. I cannot put any sort of heater into the room - something about evaporation of mercury. The list of the implications of this, goes on and on.
I cannot belive I allowed a mercury thermometer into my house - all because we went for the cheap option. I am shaking like a leaf because of this and cannot 100% guarantee that I did not drop mercury as I ran like a mad thing out of the house with the broken thermometer.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do not put your health at risk by buying one of these things. And NEVER let a child use one in case they bite it.
I've been in bed all morning with a temp of 39. Yes, I probably have swine 'flu. When my husband bought our thermometer he chose, for financial reasons, a mercury one.
I dropped it this morning.
I have had to wear a mask and collect up the mercury wearing rubber gloves. I have had to ventilate the bedroom, and will continue to leave the window open for 48 hours. I have had to cut away a section of carpet (a large section). I have had to seal up all of what I am getting rid of. I cannot put any sort of heater into the room - something about evaporation of mercury. The list of the implications of this, goes on and on.
I cannot belive I allowed a mercury thermometer into my house - all because we went for the cheap option. I am shaking like a leaf because of this and cannot 100% guarantee that I did not drop mercury as I ran like a mad thing out of the house with the broken thermometer.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do not put your health at risk by buying one of these things. And NEVER let a child use one in case they bite it.