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From: jwl@ernie.Berkeley.EDU (James Wilbur Lewis)
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Subject: Re: Mercury Filled Speaker Wire
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Date: Sun, 20-Sep-87 17:56:26 EDT
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In article <630@ccnysci.UUCP> sukenick@ccnysci.UUCP (George Sukenick) writes:
-  The standard procedure for handling
-a spill (or if it is exposed to the air) is after getting up the visible
-pieces (shovel it; and  use a shiny copper wire to pick it up (stranded is best)
-- the mercury  will form an amalgam on the wire), spread powered sulfur on and
-beyond the area that the spill took place (those little drops can really travel
-- once spilled, its everywhere!)  The fumes from the sulfur will also help take
-care of some of the mercury vapors.  Clean up the powder and repeat a few 
-times.
-remember - this will get much of the spill, but not necessarily all.

And when you're finished cleaning up and wondering how to dispose of it,
please remember that you're dealing with toxic waste.  Your friendly
neighborhood landfill (and users of any nearby water supplies) would probably 
not appreciate anything tainted with mercury.

-- Jim Lewis
   U.C. Berkeley