LampTracker™ MercuryVaporLok™
MercuryVaporLok is the first and only container proven effective in containing mercury vapor from broken lamps. Exclusive, patent-pending Mercury VaporLok containers include a zipper lock foil bag between two boxes. Independent tests prove Mercury VaporLok is effective in meeting OSHA 8 hour mercury exposure limits and Universal Waste Rule requirements for containment of mercury from broken lamps.

One Broken Lamp Can Exceed OSHA Mercury Exposure Standards
Recent studies have linked mercury exposure to increased risk of heart attack in men, to mental retardation and neurological disorders in children, and to dangerous levels of mercury in the blood of women of childbearing age.

For most of us, fluorescent lamps present the single greatest risk of mercury exposure in the workplace, because it is very likely that discarded fluorescent bulbs will be broken during conventional waste handling. Federal Universal Waste Regulations require lamps be treated as hazardous waste if they are not sent to an approved lamp recycler. Even one broken lamp can exceed OSHA mercury exposure standards.

EPA Universal Waste Rule for Broken Lamps
According the Universal Waste Rule for Lamps, a “handler of universal waste must manage lamps in a way that prevents releases of universal waste or a component of a universal waste to the environment…” And “must immediately clean up and place in a container any lamp that is broken. Containers must be closed, structurally sound, compatible with the contents of the lamps and must lack evidence of leakage, spillage or damage that could cause leakage or releases of mercury or other hazardous constituents to the environment under reasonably foreseeable conditions.” (40 CFR 273.13 and .33(d)).  Incidentally broken lamps may be considered hazardous waste in the states of  Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Vermont and Virginia.