{"id":708,"date":"2011-07-17T21:34:06","date_gmt":"2011-07-18T01:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cflimpact.com\/?p=708"},"modified":"2011-07-17T21:39:32","modified_gmt":"2011-07-18T01:39:32","slug":"epa-cleanup-2010-2011-versions-compared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cflimpact.com\/?p=708","title":{"rendered":"EPA Cleanup 2010 &#038; 2011 Versions Compared"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Cleaning Up a broken CFL \u2013 two EPA versions \u2013 one before and one after the 2010 elections<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>EPA version June 2010 \u2013 <em>before the election<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Before Cleanup:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Air Out the Room<\/li>\n<li>Have people and pets leave the room, and don&#8217;t let anyone walk      through the breakage area on their way out.<\/li>\n<li>Open a      window and leave the room for 15 minutes or more.<\/li>\n<li>Shut off the central forced-air heating\/air      conditioning system, if you have one.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Cleanup Steps for Hard Surfaces:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Carefully scoop up glass pieces and powder using      stiff paper or cardboard and place them in a glass jar with metal lid      (such as a canning jar) or in a sealed plastic bag.<\/li>\n<li>Use sticky tape, such as duct tape, to pick up      any remaining small glass fragments and powder.<\/li>\n<li>Wipe the area clean with damp paper towels or      disposable wet wipes. Place towels in the glass jar or plastic bag.<\/li>\n<li>Do not use      a vacuum or broom to clean up the broken bulb on hard surfaces.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Cleanup Steps for Clothing, Bedding and Other Soft Materials:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If      clothing or bedding materials come in direct contact with broken glass or      mercury-containing powder from inside the bulb that may stick to the      fabric, the clothing or bedding should be thrown away.<\/li>\n<li>Do not      wash such clothing or bedding because mercury fragments in the clothing      may contaminate the machine and\/or pollute sewage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>EPA version January 25, 2011 &#8211; <em>after the election of November 2010<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1.\u00a0 Before clean up:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have people and pets leave the room.<\/li>\n<li>Air out the      room for 5-10 minutes by opening a window or door to the outdoor environment.<\/li>\n<li>Shut off the      central forced air heating\/air conditioning system, if you have one.<\/li>\n<li>Collect materials needed to clean up broken bulb.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2.\u00a0 During clean up:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be thorough in collecting broken glass and visible powder.<\/li>\n<li>Place cleanup materials in a sealable container.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>3.\u00a0 After clean up:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Promptly place all bulb debris and cleanup materials outdoors in a trash container or protected area until materials can be disposed of properly.\u00a0 Avoid leaving any bulb fragments or clean up materials indoors.<\/li>\n<li>If practical, continue to air out the room where the bulb was broken and leave the heating\/air conditioning system shut off for several hours.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>If these bulbs are so \u201csafe\u201d, why do you have to go to this extent to clean them up?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why did the &#8220;instructions&#8221; change after the election?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cleaning Up a broken CFL \u2013 two EPA versions \u2013 one before and one after the 2010 elections EPA version June 2010 \u2013 before the election Before Cleanup: Air Out the Room Have people and pets leave the room, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cflimpact.com\/?p=708\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cflimpact.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cflimpact.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cflimpact.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cflimpact.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cflimpact.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=708"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.cflimpact.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":716,"href":"https:\/\/www.cflimpact.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708\/revisions\/716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cflimpact.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cflimpact.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cflimpact.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}