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Disposal of Mercury
"djornsk" wrote:
Some 30 years ago I broke a manometer used for balancing carbs and collected the mercury into a glass jar which has been living in the shed. I recently became a bit bothered about the potential risk should someone disturb it when I am not around, so decided to take it to the local recycling centre after establishing that they would accept it so long as it was inside a sealed container. 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. I can understand that mercury is a metal but so is plutonium and one wouldn't expect that to be thrown in with the scrap. Perhaps the explaination lies in the fact that the risks are to a degree mitigated by mechanical handling and adequate ventilation from the time the scrap is deposited in the skips, or alternatively the handling and storage precautions ISTR from my schooldays were OTT. j Regarding mercury being a hazardous substance: When I worked in the NHS in the days of glass mercury thermometers they spent a fortune installing Mercury Scavenging Kits on each ward to safely collect the mercury in the event that a thermometer was broke. Prior to that we just used a dustpan and brush. I recently tried to sell a clinical glass mercury thermometer, which only contained a very small amount of mercury, and that triggered the following email from the 'Elf 'n' Safety Brigade: Dear ... I work for the Chemical Compliance Team within the Environment Agency. We are responsible for the enforcement of the REACH Enforcement Regulations 2008. As the thermometer you have for sale may contain mercury you may be committing an offence under the regulations. REACH bans the placing on the market of measuring devices containing mercury for sale to members of the public. Clinical thermometers cannot be sold to anyone. This restriction came into force 3 April 2009, so you may not be aware of it. If this device does contain mercury please remove it from sale, if it doesn't contain mercury please reply to this email with confirmation of this. Marketing goods in contravention of REACH is an offence for which enforcement action could be taken. Please reply to this email and provide me with your email address so that I can provide links and information to assist you. - chemicalcompliance So, work it out for yourselves! |
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On Wednesday, 15 August 2012 14:18:55 UTC+1, Rob Miller wrote:
I recently tried to sell a clinical glass mercury thermometer, which only contained a very small amount of mercury, and that triggered the following email from the 'Elf 'n' Safety Brigade: Dear ... Please reply to this email and provide me with your email address Hang on. Either he already has your email address, or he doesn't - in which case you aren't going to get the email! (or was this actually an eBay, or similar, "secure message"?) |
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On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:18:55 +0100, "Rob Miller"
wrote: I recently tried to sell a clinical glass mercury thermometer, which only contained a very small amount of mercury, and that triggered the following email from the 'Elf 'n' Safety Brigade: Dear ... I work for the Chemical Compliance Team within the Environment Agency. We are responsible for the enforcement of the REACH Enforcement Regulations 2008. As the thermometer you have for sale may contain mercury you may be committing an offence under the regulations. REACH bans the placing on the market of measuring devices containing mercury for sale to members of the public. Clinical thermometers cannot be sold to anyone. This restriction came into force 3 April 2009, so you may not be aware of it. If this device does contain mercury please remove it from sale, if it doesn't contain mercury please reply to this email with confirmation of this. Marketing goods in contravention of REACH is an offence for which enforcement action could be taken. Please reply to this email and provide me with your email address so that I can provide links and information to assist you. - chemicalcompliance So, work it out for yourselves! Yes; a round "**** off and shove it up your jacksie", would have emanated from yours truly. |
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On Wednesday, August 15, 2012 6:17:49 PM UTC+1, Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:18:55 +0100, "Rob Miller" wrote: I recently tried to sell a clinical glass mercury thermometer, which only contained a very small amount of mercury, and that triggered the following email from the 'Elf 'n' Safety Brigade: Dear ... I work for the Chemical Compliance Team within the Environment Agency. We are responsible for the enforcement of the REACH Enforcement Regulations 2008. As the thermometer you have for sale may contain mercury you may be committing an offence under the regulations. REACH bans the placing on the market of measuring devices containing mercury for sale to members of the public. Clinical thermometers cannot be sold to anyone. This restriction came into force 3 April 2009, so you may not be aware of it. If this device does contain mercury please remove it from sale, if it doesn't contain mercury please reply to this email with confirmation of this. Marketing goods in contravention of REACH is an offence for which enforcement action could be taken. Please reply to this email and provide me with your email address so that I can provide links and information to assist you. - chemicalcompliance So, work it out for yourselves! Yes; a round "**** off and shove it up your jacksie", would have emanated from yours truly. That is sound advice for the instrument that was being sold. |
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On 16/08/2012 10:30, Onetap wrote:
On Wednesday, August 15, 2012 6:17:49 PM UTC+1, Grimly Curmudgeon wrote: Yes; a round "**** off and shove it up your jacksie", would have emanated from yours truly. That is sound advice for the instrument that was being sold. "Why are you writing with an anal thermometer?" "Oh sod it, some bum must have got my pen!" -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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On Thu, 16 Aug 2012 02:30:43 -0700 (PDT), Onetap
wrote: Yes; a round "**** off and shove it up your jacksie", would have emanated from yours truly. That is sound advice for the instrument that was being sold. Makes me want to sell one on ebay just to get a letter like that, so I can tell them off. |
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