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Someone broke two long fluorescent light bulbs over my organic garden. I picked up the shards of glass scattered among the broccoli and tomatoes but I have no way to remove the mercury contamination. Sometimes I really hate people. —Ms. Anthropist
This article appears in Jul 7-13, 2011.
19 Comments
yet another reason to noms on the fishies.
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build up that mercury tolerance.
it won’t hurt ya.
that’s awful
This seems like something a spiteful person with a grudge against you would do… like tie all your shirts together, submit your taxes completely wrong, hide all of your shoes, cut the cords on all of your electronics… you know, not completely ruin something but just inconvenience you immensely.
Smoke near their garden, OB.
“Guerrilla gardeners” now using I.E.D.s?
I suspect alcohol may have been a factor. Just a hunch.
VALID bitch.
This is awful, OP. 🙁 I’m really sorry that happened to you.
I heard a story about a woman who accidently broke a CFL bulb in her kid’s room and it cost a couple thousand to clean up the mercury contamination.
See, this is why I hate CFL bulbs (that and the light they give off is SHIT). They don’t last any longer, either. That’s just a crock of shit. Break an incandescent bulb and you simply clean up the glass — break a CFL and you’re fuk’d.
ah, o.p., a little mercury will never kill you. and look at the bright side, at least they will glow when it gets dark, making it easier to pick them.
is the volume of mercury noticeable?
my dad had a vile of the stuff (around the time T2 came out coincidentally) and it was effing cool. I’ve always wanted some… but don’t feel like buying $1K worth of thermometers for just a little pool….
We played with it in grade 9. As long as it doesn’t get into you, meh.
… but that is pretty crappy op.
yeah, mucho washing of the hands…
I remember that CSI episode with boxer buddy who was eating mercury….
and that it’s only the vapor that’s poisonous… but I wouldn’t try it.
I just want some to play with.
🙂
honest.
Lies!!! I know you want to free base Hg like a maniac! … except … you can’t really ‘free base Mercury’ … hmmm… interestingggggggg
I dare say heavy metal in the lungs would kill you faster and at smaller amounts in the blood … so … yeah …
The Mercury contamination would be minimal. The electrodes are what cause the mercury to become vapor. If the bulbs are broken when they are not charged, i.e. on, then you will have little contamination if you removed the end caps of the bulbs. So unless you live under a high power line, don’t fret this. The joke is on the dipshit who decided to violate HRM by-laws and litter. They should get their $400 fee for this.
people suck. we could start a misanthropy club. we’ll make homebrew. you want in??
Mmmmmm. Organic Broccoli-tinis.
I don’t think these are the CFL (curly) bulbs but the long ones you see in offices. The amount of mercury in these is very small. If you know where the mercury spilled, dig it out and put it into a container. Then find out from HRM how to dispose of a small amount of contaminated soil.
I would be concerned as to why anybody would do that. It seems very deliberate, aimed at you OP.
I don’t know where you’re garden is, whether it is at an apartment complex near a dumpster whatever. A couple of spent fluorescent bulbs would be a strange thing to walk around with unless you had a specific purpose for them.
I don’t know maybe it’s just me.
“except … you can’t really ‘free base Mercury’ “
no? watch me.
😉
I’ll be T-1000-esque in no time.
lovin the vulture critter guy
And you still plan on eating that shit and digging in that dirt? Fuck that. Put down some topsoil and sods.