Broken Compact Fluorescent Lightbulb - Mercury Cleanup

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My husband broke a compact fluorescent lightbulb in our bathroom and proceeded to clean it up using not just a vacuum cleaner, but one of those "wind tunnel" types that sprays exhaust out the front.

He thinks he might've found the little blob of mercury in the sink (it's in a baggie). The vacuum cleaner was already full of gunk.

Has anyone dealt with this?

[Squink]

According to the EPA (http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:YN35CL5zVXwJ:www.nema.org/lamprecycle/epafactsheet-cfl.pdf+%22compact+fluorescent%22+mercury+milligrams&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us&client=firefox-a), there's about 4 miilgrams of mercury in a compact fluorescent lamp. At a density of 13.5 g/cc (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(element)) , that'd make a blob with a volume of about 0.3 microliters. That's very small, almost unseeably small.
I wouldn't worry about it, but would make an effort not to make it a habit.

[fessie]

Thanks!

We have small children, so we worry more. I was out with them when it happened, and he aired the place out pretty well before we came home.