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If you are concerned about your health after cleaning up the broken CFL, you may contact your local
poison control center by calling 1-800-222-1222.
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Product Safety Data Sheet for FEIT ELECTRIC COMPANY brand Compact Fluorescent Lamps
SDS No. 1.0 VIII. EXPOSURE CONTROLS / PERSONAL PROTECTION
Threshold Value Limits (TLV):
Chemical Name Exposure Limits in Air (mg/cubic m)
ACGIH (TLV) OSHA (PEL)
Glass (Soda-Lime) 10.0 (2) 15.0 (2)
(1,4) Mercury 0.025 0.1 Ceiling
(1,3) Lead Oxide 0.05 0.05
Aluminum Oxide 10.0 (2) 15.0 (2)
(1,4,6) Lead Solder (as Pb) 0.05 0.05
(5) Krypton-85 --- ---
Fluorescent Phosphor 10.0 (2) 15.0 (2)
may contain:
(3) Barium Compounds (as Ba dust) 0.5 0.5
(3) Manganese (as dust) 0.2 5.0 Ceiling
(3) Yttrium Oxide (as Y dust) 1.0 1.0
(1) These chemicals are subject to the reporting requirements of section 313 of Title III of the Superfund
Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 and 40 CFR Part 372
(2) Limits as nuisance particulate
(3) These elements are contained in the material as part of its chemical structure; the material is not a
mixture.
(4) The mercury and lead in this product are substances known to the stat of California to cause
reproductive toxicity if ingested. [California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986
(Proposition 65).]
(5) This radioactive isotope is found in the glass encapsulated starting switch mounted only in the base of
CFLs.
(6) This material is found only on the base of the CFL’s ballast/adapter unit and the % weight is relative
to the entire lamp & ballast/adapter unit.