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Author Topic: Broken UVB tube! ADVICE NEEDED!  (Read 888 times)
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« on: February 03, 2009, 08:10:43 AM »

A ReptiSun UVB tube i had spare fell behind the sofa, i brushed up the glass immediately but now i'm a bit concerned with the toxic gas.

As well as the dragon i have a 6day old baby girl and 3 year old boy i have read a story of a baby died playing around a broken fluorescent tube.

Should i do anything else to protect my family or should we be OK?
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« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2009, 08:53:16 AM »

you've cleaned up the broken glass, and all should be fine.  If you have wooden floors, I would suggest a quick wipe up with a damp towel and along the wall where the bulb fell just to ensure all is caught.
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« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2009, 02:07:05 PM »

I would thing the only thing you would have to worry about would be the ingesting of the mercury... or having it absorbed into the blood stream.


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