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Lots of aerosolized products during manufacturing will kill.
I once received an em...
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Flourescent lamp manufacturer in the US used to use mercury that was poured into the dosing machine by the gallon. (That's a very heavy gallon, btw.)
Eventually they switched to tiny glass capsules with the miniscule amount of mercury that's actually necessary.
As part of this transition, they got a new (at the time) tool, an XRF spectrometer, and started checking to see what parts of the facility were mercury contaminated.
OMG - unsealed concrete floors, it's everywhere. Have to seal the floors, no way to clean it without making the problem worse.
Then they started checking workers' gear - aaaaaaah, those boots - they go straight to hazmat disposal!
Then they started checking the workers' houses. They could tell which people took off their boots and put on slippers, versus who just walked in and sat in their favorite chairs - literally could see the patterns in mercury embedded in the carpet.
Lots of folks got their rugs replaced by the company that year...
Flourescent lamp manufacturer in the US used to use mercury that was poured into the dosing machine by the gallon. (That's a very heavy gallon, btw.)
Eventually they switched to tiny glass capsules with the miniscule amount of mercury that's actually necessary.
As part of this transition, they got a new (at the time) tool, an XRF spectrometer, and started checking to see what parts of the facility were mercury contaminated.
OMG - unsealed concrete floors, it's everywhere. Have to seal the floors, no way to clean it without making the problem worse.
Then they started checking workers' gear - aaaaaaah, those boots - they go straight to hazmat disposal!
Then they started checking the workers' houses. They could tell which people took off their boots and put on slippers, versus who just walked in and sat in their favorite chairs - literally could see the patterns in mercury embedded in the carpet.
Lots of folks got their rugs replaced by the company that year...
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