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Mercury Spill's how dangerous can they really be? and how can we tell where the mercury is at?

Have you guys been responding to alot of mercury spill call's lately? My buddie at the EPA told mt that thier mercury related phone calls have gone up 100% this year.

Shouldn't we all have mercury vapor monitors?

What equipment are you guys useing to detect mercury?

You have got tp check out this video that shows mercury degassing.

http://www.mercury-instrumentsusa.com/Links.htm and click on mercury vapor video

I have also attached a brochure for the Mercury Tracker 3000IP Vapor Monitor

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Permalink Reply by FETC on June 1, 2009 at 5:40pm: Hi Alex,

Search out a poster by the name "Captain Busy". He has previously posted a great piece on mercury spill response with the same mercury gassing video. He posted the story, Is There Really A Hazard For Broken Thermometer Calls

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Permalink Reply by Alex Hummell on June 1, 2009 at 5:43pm: Great! Thanks for the advise! I'll check it out.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by FETC on June 1, 2009 at 5:45pm: Alex it is actually under Genral discussion the post was

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