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DIY & Home Improvement

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Grasswire2

(13,775 posts)
Sun Sep 29, 2019, 07:02 PM Sep 2019

So today a burned-out 4-foot flourescent tube bulb exploded on my kitchen floor. [View all]

A cloud of vapor/powder sprayed out with the glass shards and bits.

I started to vacuum and sweep before I googled to see that was the wrong thing to do.

I opened the window for several hours, finished trying to clean up the powder and the tiny tiny bits of glass.

I then wiped floor with damp paper towel. Put all the debris in paper bag to go to hazmat center.

Also took my bagless cannister out of vacuum cleaner to be emptied similarly.

Plan to wash throw rug.

Have I done enough?

I'm worried about kitty. I immediately shut her in adjacent room.

I'm worried about how much I may have inhaled.

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