Warning to those who use CFLS! (may be deadly?)

[ate]

WorldNetDaily: Consumers in dark over risks of new light bulbs

WASHINGTON â?? Brandy Bridges heard the claims of government officials, environmentalists and retailers like Wal-Mart all pushing the idea of replacing incandescent light bulbs with energy-saving and money-saving compact fluorescent lamps.

So, last month, the Prospect, Maine, resident went out and bought two dozen CFLs and began installing them in her home. One broke. A month later, her daughter's bedroom remains sealed off with plastic like the site of a hazardous materials accident, while Bridges works on a way to pay off a $2,000 estimate by a company specializing in environmentally sound cleanups of the mercury inside the bulb.

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[stinkyattic]

Mercury has always been a component of flourescent lighting.
This is just another piss poor example of the media grasping at any fucking sensationalist story they hear of....
beeeeee afraid!!!! be VEEEERY afraid!

ima go home now and put on body armor and crawl into bed and stay there forever.... oh wait!!! dust mites are in your mattress!!! you could be at risk too!!!!

[ate]

*crawls under bed*


I hope you're right!

[Markass]

I've busted a few of them in my closet..and once I torqued one too much when screwing it in and the pressure from me grabbing it made it bust. I'm alive? I hope at least, if not, then these muffins taste good as shit for being dead.

what risk does it present? there's nothing wrong with me..

[stinkyattic]

Here's part of the MSDS for Hg vapor, enjoy.
Worst risks of low-level Hg exposure involve potential birth defects including developmental problems.
Mercury Vapor

[Gruffy]

been using cfl's for years ..this is just a media hype

[Gatekeeper777]

I have been under Mercury lighing for years, just ask the head like growth on my back.

[markantony]

broke an 85w bulb the 1st day i got it... shattered everywhere. no harm done.

perfect example of why i dont read/watch the news daily. half is bs...

[Nocturnal Stoner]

I stepped on one of my cfls once.

1 month later my legs fell off my arms were useless and now i'm a vegetable.

Hell no

isn't there safety risks with normal lightbulbs too.

Fucking media food as stinky said

[thoughtwriter]

its the electric companies leaking propaganda... prolly want there high watt bulbs back in the socket, lol