In Khmelnytsky oblast rescuers seized dangerous fluorescent lamp
March 15 at 11:30 in quickly-the coordination center of head Department gschs of Ukraine in Hmelnitsky area employees of the patrol police received a report that near the housing Cancer, in the territory of country array "Winner", near a dirt road, unidentified persons threw a large amount of fluorescent lamps containing mercury vapor. Immediately to a call place there arrived experts of chemical and radiological laboratories that use mercury analyzer conducted measurements of the air near the findings. The results of studies of exceedances of maximum allowable concentration of hazardous substances is not fixed. More than 200 lamps will be transferred to the Department of ecology for disposal. Dear citizens, State service of Ukraine for emergency situations warns that all fluorescent lamps are hazardous, in the event of flask breakage the mercury vapors quickly spread through the air and through inhalation of contaminated air is the easiest get into the human body, causing severe poisoning. GU gschs of Ukraine in Khmelnytsky regionÏåðåâåäåíî ñåðâèñîì "ßíäåêñ.Ïåðåâîä÷èê": translate.yandex.ru.
Source: http://uzinform.com.ua/