On Nov 16, 6:03*pm, Frank wrote:
On Nov 16, 12:57*pm, Tony Miklos wrote:





On 11/16/2011 12:26 PM, Percival P. Cassidy wrote:

On 11/16/11 10:51 am, JP wrote:

read the box
the new bulbs are has-mat& you can't just trash them when they burn
out.

The cleanup instructions are simple:

http://www.epa.gov/cfl/cflcleanup.html

The same rules probably applied to those fluorescent tubes we've been
using for decades -- but maybe nobody was paying attention.

Perce

Gotta love the last question/answer!

What if I can't follow all the recommended steps? or I cleaned up a CFL
but didn't do it properly?

Don't be alarmed; these steps are only precautions that reflect best
practices for cleaning up a broken CFL. Keep in mind that CFLs contain a
very small amount of mercury -- less than 1/100th of the amount in a
mercury thermometer.

It sounds as if it's saying, "Don't sweat it, this is all just bull****
anyway".

Of course it's all bull****.
Someone in the EPA once told me that a discarded mercury thermometer
contained more mercury than a days output of a coal fired plant.
But, this is what happens when you let government go berserk and
control everything.
Individual homeowners can slip under the radar but industry pays
dearly. *That's one big reason corporations are moving their plants to
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But you don't discard a mercury thermometer every day.
There are thousands of coal fired plants running EVERY day.
Heavy metals are worse than radiation. They NEVER go away.

The Chinese will pay for their pollution. Are paying right now.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...rial-pollution

You ARE pretty dim aren't you?