A mercury thermometer breaks and you need to be very careful about what you have to do.

TikTok user @martyzc_ has published a video on the social network showing what she had to do after breaking a mercury thermometer.

“Express reminder: if a mercury thermometer breaks, call the fire department and do not touch anything,” you can read about the images in the publication, which already exceeds 400,000 I like.

And, indeed, in the video you can see the broken thermometer on the ground and then a firefighter carefully inspecting the ground to see if there is any trace of mercury left.

Although they were very popular in the childhood of many, since April 2014, the sale of mercury thermometers has been completely prohibited throughout the European Union due to their high toxicity.