[djornsk]

On 14/08/2012 20:38, Andy Dingley wrote:
On Aug 14, 7:02 pm, wrote:
To my supply the attendant took the jar and instead of taking it to a
secure cabinet as I expected just threw it in the metal recycling skip.u

How much do you think they're paid? How smart a chemist do you think
you get for that money?

Yes, it's crap. Yes, they should either take things and deal properly,
or they shouldn't take it. Throwing mercury in a skip is nowhere near
an acceptable handling process. Yes, the vapour hazard is real and yes
the paperwork says so too.

If you have spare mercury, sell it. There is a trade, it is
desirable. If you have mercury to dispose of or to clean up, this is
quite easy - mix it with yellow sulphur from a garden shop. Sprinkling
sulphur and then brushing up is standard spill cleanup practice.


Thanks for the tips in your last paragraph.

One point I should make though is that my original post was more about
inviting people to give their own perspectives of the wider issues
rather than criticising an individual who may well be both inadequately
trained and under the sort of pressure under which detail goes by the
board.

j

[Newshound]

On 15/08/2012 09:12, djornsk wrote:


One point I should make though is that my original post was more about
inviting people to give their own perspectives of the wider issues
rather than criticising an individual who may well be both inadequately
trained and under the sort of pressure under which detail goes by the
board.

j

Slagging off is more fun though :-)