Mercury is dangerous. It is an axiom. Enter 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. (Exception - you're a little kid. But in this case it is necessary to induce vomiting and immediately call an ambulance.) But inhale mercury vapors in the presence of the broken thermometer - easily. The result - mercury poisoning, which for a long time, can occur without any general symptoms. Irritability, nausea, weight loss. Big deal, who does not happen: the week was difficult, and then - in general, to live is bad. However, poisoning, slowly but surely creeps up to the inner sanctum of our bodies - the central nervous system and kidneys.
If you broke a thermometer, remember the main thing - to remove mercury should be carefully. And fast.
What to do
1. Before collecting the mercury wear rubber gloves: a substance should not come into contact with bare skin.
2. Limit the location of the accident. Mercury sticks to surfaces and can be easily separated on the soles of other parts of the premises.
3. As carefully collect the mercury and all crashed part of a thermometer in a glass jar with cold water, close the screw cap. Need water to mercury does not evaporate. Bank to keep away from heating appliances.
4. Small droplets can be collected with a syringe, a rubber bulb, two sheets of paper, plaster, tape, wet paper.
5. Bank to transfer service specialists "01."
6. Open windows and ventilate the room. If left any evaporation, even weathered the window.
7. Place spills handle bleach solution or bleach. This oxidize mercury than lead it in non-volatile state. If neither one nor the other in the home is not found, you can make a hot soap-soda solution: 30 grams of sodium, 40 grams of grated soap to one gallon of water.
What you can do
1. Ask for help or advice to the duty Emergency (as known since childhood, telephone 01).
2. To not miss a single bead of mercury, you can use a flashlight or lamp.
3. Before comes the opportunity to give the bank representative spetsstruktury, you can put it on the balcony. Provided, of course, that the window is cooler than indoors. At low temperatures, separation of toxic vapors is reduced.
4. Drink plenty of diuretic liquids (tea, coffee, juice) since mercury education excreted through the kidneys.
Why do not
1. You can not throw crashed a thermometer in the garbage disposal. Evaporated there are two grams of mercury can contaminate the six thousand cubic meter of air.
2. You can not sweep the mercury with a broom: rigid rods only razmelchat toxic mercury pellets in the small dust.
3. It is impossible to collect mercury with a vacuum cleaner: vacuum air purge makes it easy to evaporate the liquid metal. In addition, the vacuum cleaner then have to immediately throw it away.
4. But in any case you can not create a draft before you have collected mercury, or shiny beads will scatter throughout the room.
5. To wash the clothes and footwear in contact with the mercury in a washing machine. As possible - this garment is better discarded.
6. It is impossible to lower the mercury down the drain. She has the ability to settle in the sewer pipes. By the way, to remove mercury from wastewater - is incredibly difficult.
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