"---MIKE---" wrote in message
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I have a CFL bulb that is NOT the twisty type. It has several parallel
sections inside of a glass cover that makes it look somewhat like an
incandescent bulb. The glass cover has a small break - a hole about the
size of a quarter. The bulb lights when plugged in. Would this be safe
to use?

The only thing you have to worry about is photons leaking or cutting
yourself.