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A mercury vapor bulb broke in my refrigerator. Am I going to die now? Also, can i touch it?
How do I live without food?
I DO have a mercury vapor bulb in my refrigerator, and it did break. I called Poison Control and now they have tracked me down and are going to spray sulfer everywhere. WTF. I had to evacuate. What a douche
3 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
No, I wouldn't eat the food. Mercury Vapor Lights are basically the same as flourescent lights. Get poison control in there, because the only way to actually keep the food safe was, after the bulb breaks, crack a window (and in this case, the refridgerator too), and run away for 15 minutes. I don't think you did this, so call PC.
Also, if your worried about shocking yourself if you touch it, you wont. The lightbulb is specifaclly designed to burn out once air and a strip of paper in the bulb meet.
- Don SLv 41 decade ago
And what was a mercury vapour bulb doing in your fridge in the first place? That small bulb in your fridge is a standard appliance incandescent bulb with a run of the mill tungsten filament, don't eat the glass and you will be fine.
