Taping of US soap Guiding Light was temporarily halted on Thursday due to a mercury-contaminated set.

On Thursday morning, a blood pressure-monitoring device being used as a prop was dropped, causing mercury to spill onto the floor of the set. New York City's Department of Environmental Protection had to be called in and ordered a 24-hour evacuation due to the detection of mercury in the air.

Taping resumed on Friday after the DEP cleared the set.