Quezon City.  As schools get ready for next week’s Brigada Eskwela cleanup, repair and maintenance activities, the ...

Mercury vapor released from broken compact fluorescent light bulbs can exceed safe exposure levels for humans, study finds Date: July 6, 2011 Source: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., Publishers Summary ...

Laptop computers, LCD TVs and compact fluorescent light bulbs are all safe as long as they're intact, but if they crack or shatter, they can release toxic mercury vapor. See the graphic above for ...

When I was growing up in suburban California in the 1960s and ’70s, the world after dark was lit by warm incandescence and whitish mercury-vapor street light. Although the latter had a spectral ...

The exact hue depends on the mercury vapor pressure and usually contains a fair amount of ultraviolet light. These tubes have an interesting history dating back to 1901, the year [Peter Cooper ...

The lamp’s burst will almost certainly push hot Hg vapor into your listening room. Since mercury is heavier than air, it will try to make its way down to your floor as it dissipates. But dissipate, it ...