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Mercury Causes 'Emergency' on Set of 'Guiding Light'

By JIM FITZGERALD, AP

 

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NEW YORK (August 19) - The soap opera " Guiding Light " was cleared to resume

taping Friday after the cleanup of a mercury-contaminated set, officials

said.

" There are no detectable levels of mercury in the air this morning, " said

Ian Michaels, a spokesman for the city's Department of Environmental

Protection. " The `Guiding Light' people showed us paperwork consistent with

proper

disposal and the set has been reopened. "

Taping at the show's 222 East 44th St. studio was interrupted Thursday

morning just before a dramatic emergency-room scene when a set designer dropped

a

blood-pressure device that was being used as a prop and mercury spilled onto

the floor. The DEP found elevated levels of mercury in the air and a 24-hour

evacuation was ordered.

The crew and the actors, several of whom were dressed like doctors and

nurses, were checked for contamination before being sent home.

Alan Locher, a spokesman for Procter & Gamble Productions Inc., which

produces the soap, said taping would " pick up where we left off, " with a scene

in

which Tammy pledges her devotion to Sandy despite her lust for her cousin

Jonathan.

08/18/05 21:53 EDT

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