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Splinter · Wed Apr 20, 2005 9:17 pm

I split open an LCD panel and I got some on my fingers

Stranger · Wed Apr 20, 2005 9:21 pm

I don't know but I'd recomend trying to burn the material off or use a strong nonpolar solevent!! jk I'm guessing they'd let you jnow if it was poisonous. whats the manufacturer?

LicketySplit · Wed Apr 20, 2005 9:21 pm

As long as you dont suck on your fingers while its still on em..i think youre gonna be fine :lol:

Hance · Wed Apr 20, 2005 9:25 pm

better get a knife and cut them off just to be on the safe side :wink:

Splinter · Wed Apr 20, 2005 9:28 pm

Hance wrote:
better get a knife and cut them off just to be on the safe side

Splinter · Wed Apr 20, 2005 9:28 pm

Stranger wrote:
I don't know but I'd recomend trying to burn the material off or use a strong nonpolar solevent!! jk I'm guessing they'd let you jnow if it was poisonous. whats the manufacturer?

Damned if I know, it came out of an old toshiba

Wed Apr 20, 2005 9:39 pm

http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/c ... 0toxicity'

The glass panels of the LCD monitors and laptops and the (outer) glass panels of the LCD TVs contain negligible amounts of regulated elements, all below any criteria.

FireGryphon · Wed Apr 20, 2005 9:49 pm

JustAnEngineer wrote:
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/crts/HWMP_REP_SB20_LCD.pdf#search='lcd%20toxicity'
The glass panels of the LCD monitors and laptops and the (outer) glass panels of the LCD TVs contain negligible amounts of regulated elements, all below any criteria.

Yeah, but what about the stuff inside? I'm curious about this, too, as my cell phone display cracked the other day and is leaking.

Wed Apr 20, 2005 9:52 pm

According to the state of California, it's not a hazardous waste.

LicketySplit · Wed Apr 20, 2005 9:58 pm

If its ok on the Left Coast..id say your safe in NEW YORK CITY.

Wed Apr 20, 2005 10:07 pm

http://www.eio.com/handlinglcdandmodule.htm
http://orioleindia.com/page67.htm
http://www.fz-juelich.de/zel/datapool/p ... 0toxicity'

Safety
* If any fluid leaks out of a damaged glass cell, wash off with soap and water any human part that comes into contact with the fluid. Never swallow the fluid. The toxicity is extremely low but caution should be exercised at all times.

I don't know who wrote that the first time, but I found it plagiarized in at least half a dozen more locations.

Aphasia · Thu Apr 21, 2005 11:20 am

Sounds just about like 80% of the compounds that exist in the world then.

Thu Apr 21, 2005 12:19 pm

As long as you cleaned your hands, I would not worry about it then.

Rakhmaninov3 · Thu Apr 21, 2005 12:46 pm

Liquid crystals are basically carboxylate molecules (otherwise found in soap) surrounding mostly non-toxic metal ions--you'll be fine. Just wash your hands with soad and water and you'll be fine.

Splinter · Thu Apr 21, 2005 1:15 pm

Well its a day later and Im not dead, so I think it must be ok

Luckmorne · Thu Apr 21, 2005 1:32 pm

i think mercury poisoning doesnt really set in for several week/months.... when all your hair starts falling out and your internal organs fail (my father works in the chemistry dept at Cornell... this happened to someone in the not so distant past) . There are isotopes of the stuff that can kill you through rubber gloves even.... though i dont think they put too much mercury in lcds :-)

just be careful with fluorecent bulbs though... they do have Hg in them, though not the hyper-toxic variety i just mentioned.

Skyline57GTR · Thu Apr 21, 2005 2:11 pm

Splinter wrote:
Hance wrote:
better get a knife and cut them off just to be on the safe side

Ouch

Skyline57GTR · Thu Apr 21, 2005 2:12 pm

LicketySplit wrote:
As long as you dont suck on your fingers while its still on em..i think youre gonna be fine

ok...sure he will. :lol:

Thu Apr 21, 2005 2:22 pm

Hance wrote:
better get a knife and cut them off just to be on the safe side

My meaningless contribution to this thread is, in case of the above:

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paco · Thu Apr 21, 2005 2:41 pm

wait a sec if that CA thing says they are not hazordous waste, why do we have to pay a freaking state environmental fee when we buy a LCD???

Splinter · Thu Apr 21, 2005 4:14 pm

paco wrote:
wait a sec if that CA thing says they are not hazordous waste, why do we have to pay a freaking state environmental fee when we buy a LCD???

Probably for the backlight

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