SDS

12 York Ave

West Caldwell, NJ 07006

Tel: 973-244-7300 Fax: 973-244-7333

Compact Fluorescent Safety Specifications

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Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)

Compact Fluorescent Lamps: Spiral Lamps, Floods, Globes, A-Bulbs, Torpedoes, Circle

lamp, PL Lamps. Linear Fluorescent tubes

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I. INFORMATION AND APPLICABILITY

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The Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) Requirements of the Occupational Safety and

Health Administration (OSHA) for chemicals are not applicable to manufactured articles

such as Lamps. No material contained in a lamp is released during normal use and

operation. The following information is provided as a courtesy to our customers. The

following Lamp Material Information Sheet contains applicable Material Safety Data Sheet

information.

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II. COMPOSITION / INFORMATION ON INGREDIENTS

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THERE ARE NO KNOWN HEALTH HAZARDS FROM EXPOSURE TO LAMPS THAT

ARE INTACT.

Lamp Assembly

– Glass and Metal – The Glass is made from soda lime similar to that

used throughout the glass industry for other common consumer articles. The metals are

generally made from various amounts of Aluminum, Tin, Lead, Copper, Zinc and Nickel.

None of the materials would present a potential hazard in the event of breakage of the

lamp, aside from the hazard due to broken glass.

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Compact Fluorescent Safety Specifications Page 2 of 3 Mercury – Small amounts of mercury is used in all fluorescent lamps, generally around 0.025% by weight. Maxlite continues to reduce the amounts of mercury used in fluorescent lamps. Phosphor – phosphate mix using manganese, rare earth elements such as lanthanum, and yttrium as either an oxide or as a phosphate, along with a barium/aluminum oxide all are tightly bound in the phosphor matrix.
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Compact Fluorescent Safety Specifications Page 3 of 3 Manganese: Contact, ingestion or inhalation may cause one or more of the following symptoms: Parkinson’s, asthenia, insomnia, mental confusion, metal fume fever, dry throat, cough, chest tightness, dyspnea, rales, flu-like fever, low- back pain, vomiting, malaise fatigue, and kidney damage. Yttrium: Contact, ingestion or inhalation may cause one or more of the following symptoms: eye irritation, pulmonary irritation, and possible liver damage.