Mercury vacuum
For the vacuum pressure measurement, see Inch of mercury.
A mercury vacuum is a vacuum cleaner specifically designed to collect mercury, for instance to clean up spills of the element. The EPA does not advise this behaviour however. Shop Vacs may or may not be suitable.
See also
- Mercury poisoning, a disease caused by exposure to the element mercury or its toxic compounds
- Mercury Policy Project, an organization that works to promote policies to control the distribution of the element mercury
- Mercury-containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act, a 1996 United States law to phase out the use of mercury in batteries
- Poison control