Energy Efficient Light Blubs: just a warning

One of the easiest thing we all can do to” Go GREEN!” at home or in the office is to replaced existing light bulbs with compact fluorescent.  It seems that nothing is easy and we thought we would post this notice. Please still replace those blubs (just be careful when they break!).  Article from snopes.com.

Claim: When broken, energy-saving light bulbs (CFLs) loose dangerous amounts of mercury into a home.

Status: Multiple:

• CFLs contain mercury, a dangerous substance: True.
• While mercury stays safely contained in intact CFLs, it escapes from broken CFLs into the immediate surroundings: True.
• The amount of mercury contained in one CFL bulb poses a grave danger to a home’s inhabitants:  False.
• But folks do need to handle the breakage of a CFL bulb with a great deal of care and follow certain procedures in removing the broken bulb and its contents from the home:  True.
• An environmental clean-up crew needs be called in to deal with the mercury dispersed by one broken CFL bulb: False.

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