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Mercury lightbulbs?

Feb 09, 8383 by roma12 | Posted in Mental Health

at trade we recently got new lighting and someone threw the lightbulbs in the trash and some broke. My question is..i cleaned the trashcan out with cleaner solution but why do i seem like something bad is going to happen to me? Is it enough mercury to do harm?

Here is the links you privation
http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_9058.aspx

http://www.nwf.org/nwfWebAdmin/binaryVault/mercuryproducts.pdf

I would go with estimable state LED lighting over CFL's just because they are safer. No risk of brain or nerve damage.

Energy efficient lightbulbs contain mercury. How do we safely dispose of them?

Jan 07, 2008 by odddsnends | Posted in Green Living

There is a hearsay blurb on the yahoo homepage with only part of the information provided. A video link is to a BBC news broadcast raises the mercury cast doubt upon. There is also a link to a report on migraines triggered by these new bulbs. When these bulbs break there is a strong smell of hot which can be scary.

I prefer the incandescent bulb which lowered heating bills because they produced heat thus lowering greenhouse gas emissions produced by by coal, oil, wood and other furnaces.

The easiest way to find out where to safely recycle compacted fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) is to go to http://www.lamprecycle.org or http://www.epa.gov/bulbrecycling. These sites will staff you find recycling centers in your area, and they also provide a lot of safety information about CFLs.

One thing to consider is that while CFLs carry trace amounts of mercury, incandescent bulbs actually release more mercury into the atmoshpere because they use up 75% more power from coal power plants. Coal power plants loosing mercury as well as carbon dioxide, so by using more energy with incandescents, you're actually doing more harm to the situation than with a CFL that can be recycled.

There's a company - Earthmate - that sells CFLs with only 1 mg of mercury. It's supposed to be 75% less mercury than absolute CFLs. You can check them out at http://www.earthmatelighting.com. This company is super environmental. Even their boxes are made with 100% announce-consumer waste.

Why did they make lightbulbs using Mercury?

Dec 15, 2008 by Sepiatone01 | Posted in Earth Sciences & Geology

They made a big excitement about thermometers and now this. Mercury vapor is extrememly toxic. It may contain trace amounts but ..."It is high-ranking to note that the amount of mercury released by one bulb can exceed U.S. federal guidelines for chronic exposure." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succinct_fluorescent_lamp
Our cells are not designed to get rid of this stuff. I think we should not buy these bulbs. Is this some ploy to make everyone afflicted who has the misfortune of breaking one? I dont think I want to risk this.