ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIESMar 7

You may ask:

"Why?"

But the universe whispers back:

"Why not?"

Show threadclewMar 7

Why not with the CRTs is that the tubes should be more carefully disposed of and mixing them with... everything else makes that harder.

Am hopefully believing that the actual CRTs *have* been disposed of and we are seeing merely the appliance shells.

@benroyce

Show threadᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIESMar 7
@clew is it lead? The CRTs have lead in them I think?
Show threadclewMar 7

Mercury in the inside of the tubes? Both?

Plus they can implode in a pretty explody way

@benroyce

Show threadᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIESMar 7

@clew eww

good point

Show threadclewMar 7

Lead and unspecified heavy metals, according to EPA and my state Ecology.

And! delightfully practical discussion from reddit filmmakers:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Filmmakers/comments/16ulkdq/would_it_be_dangerous_to_break_a_small_crt_tv/

@benroyce

Show threadᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIESMar 7
@clew "lots of nasty dust will come up" 😬 lead dust
Show threadclewMar 7

Glass powder lead dust! Get those fine particles *right* into the bloodstream!

@benroyce

Show threadᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES

@clew

I remember cutting open an old weird battery as a kid and remarking on the little beads of mercury 😅😅😅

Mar 7 at 11:26pmWeb