Screwed up the other day

You should invest in a chemical respirator if you inhale that stuff constantly.



The yards in my area do not take any pre ban ballasts, transformers or capacitors that contain pcb. I'm going to contact the local sanitation department to find out how I should dispose of things like this. I was thinking maybe I could put on some heavy nitrile gloves and wipe down my tools with some Purple power degreaser over a container of kitty litter several times.

This incident has got me concerned about the fluorescent lights in my basement. I don't want that crap in my house if this could be a future problem.

I'm not sure about where you live, but the transfer station near me has stations that accept hazardous material like this.

For cleanup water doesn't work well. It is not water soluble. I have read approved solvents for it are kerosene, diesel fuel, and mineral oil. Don't heat or burn anything to decontaminate as this will release other bad things such as dioxins.

I wouldn't worry about this too much though. Your exposure is little to none.