Mrkim Report This Comment Date: August 21, 2011 01:57AM
Leave it to those oh-so-wacky Japanese to find uses for used up florescent
tubes
BlahX3 Report This Comment Date: August 21, 2011 04:11AM
Fluorescent bulbs use mercury vapor. This is harmless in normal operation, but
can be toxic if the bulb is broken. A broken bulb will mildly contaminate the
local air (so the room should be ventilated) and the glass fragments are toxic.
The last real bandit Report This Comment Date: August 21, 2011 05:13PM
Adding to that, the tubes contain chemicals that stops your blood from clotting
if cut by the glass.
So those guys would of still been bleeding long after the fight was finished
and
everyone had gone home. A seriously fucked up bunch of individuals......
BlahX3 Report This Comment Date: August 21, 2011 05:29PM
The phosphor lining the inside of the glass is pretty toxic. Maybe that's the
stuff that stops blood from clotting. I know if you get enough phosphors in you
it is very un-good.
DarkKlown Report This Comment Date: August 22, 2011 03:08AM
If you notice in all the shots of the tubes breaking both of them have their
eyes and mouths tightly closed. Also who's to say these are real tubes. I'm sure
they could of brought some glass tubes, filled them with baby powder and smashed
away. Still very entertaining and would cut you up but small cuts heal very
quickly.
BlahX3 Report This Comment Date: August 22, 2011 06:56PM
Who knows indeed. Whether or not they are real light tubes it is still stupid
as hell. Maybe enough green tea and raw fish diet will ward off any oxidant
effects.
BTW, phosphorus poisoning does not effect blood coagulation but will make a
person squirt violently from both ends until they die. There is no antidote or
treatment either and it doesn't take a whole lot to be fatal. That applies to
white or yellow phosphorus used in incendiaries, bombs, fireworks and matches,
not sure about the stuff used in light tubes. EPA considers them hazardous
material due to the mercury vapor content but also states the glass shards pose
more of a hazard than the chemical contents.