Broken thermometer: how to get rid of the consequences?

What to do if broken thermometer?

Mercury is dangerous. It is an axiom. To get into the body it can in two ways: through the digestive tract or through the respiratory tract. Eat the mercury bulb of course, you can hardly. (Except you're a little kid. But in this case, you need to induce vomiting and immediately call an ambulance.) But to inhale mercury vapors in the presence of the broken thermometer - easily. The result of mercury poisoning, which is a long time may elapse without any of the common symptoms. Irritability, nausea, weight loss. Think it happens to everyone: a week was difficult, and then across the city to live unhealthy. However, poisoning slowly but surely creeps to the Holy of holies of our body - the Central nervous system and the kidneys.

If you broke a thermometer, remember to remove the mercury should be thoroughly. And quickly.

What to do

1. Before collecting mercury wear rubber gloves: the substance should not be in contact with naked skin.

2. Limit the location of the accident. Mercury sticks to surfaces and can be easily posted on the soles on other areas of the room.

3. Most carefully collect the mercury and all the broken parts of the thermometer in a glass jar with cold water, close tightly screw cap. Water is needed to ensure that the mercury does not evaporate. The Bank keep away from heating devices.

4. Small droplets can be collected with a syringe, rubber bulbs, two sheets of paper, adhesive tape, adhesive tape, wet Newspapers.

5. The Bank must transfer service specialists "01".

6. Open the Windows and ventilate the room. If u have any evaporation, may disappear in the window.

7. The spill of mercury treat with a solution of chlorine or chloramine. This will oxidize mercury, than bring it in non-volatile state. If either house is not found, you can make hot soap-soda solution of 30 grams of sodium, 40 grams of grated soap to one liter of water.

It is advisable to make

1. To seek help or advice from a duty MES (known since childhood phone 01).

2. In order not to miss a single ball of mercury, you can use a flashlight or lamp.

3. Before you will be able to give the Bank representative spectrometery, you can put it on the balcony. Provided of course that the window is cooler than inside. At low temperatures, the release of toxic vapors is reduced.

4. Drink lots of diuretic liquids (tea, coffee, juices), as mercury education excreted through the kidneys.

Why do not

1. You cannot throw away a broken thermometer in the garbage disposal. Evaporated there two gram of mercury can contaminate six thousand cubic meters of air.

2. You can not sweep the mercury broom: hard rods will only crushed the poisonous bulbs in small mercury dust.

3. You cannot collect mercury with a vacuum cleaner: blown vacuum the air facilitates the evaporation of liquid metal. In addition, the vacuum cleaner then have immediately discarded.

4. But in any case you cannot create a draft before you have collected mercury, otherwise shiny balls will scatter throughout the room.

5. You cannot wash your clothes and shoes exposed to mercury in the washing machine. - This garment is better to throw.

6. You have to keep mercury in sewers. It tends to settle in the sewer pipes. By the way, to extract the mercury from sewage - is incredibly difficult.

P.S. Mercury compounds are found in a variety of technical devices, for example, fluorescent lamps, batteries, and some paints. Be careful, use such things strictly according to instructions!

Ekaterina Ivanova

Scolarity.Roux

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