Even if you'd have spilled all of the mercury on the carpet (and most of it will possibly have stuck on the inside of the bulb and been disposed of with the sha

Even if you'd have spilled all of the mercury on the carpet (and most of it will possibly have stuck on the inside of the bulb and been disposed of with the shards), it will have evaporated (and hence, left the room in gaseous phase) a long time ago. http://www.state.nj.us/dep/dsr/research/mercury-bulbs.pdf http://www.state.nj.us/dep/dsr/research/mercury-bulbs.pdf