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    • … This is a question that maybe needs answering especially as the use of mercury has risen tremendously since the introduction of the compact fluorescent light bulbs, the CFLs. CFLs and the standard fluorescent lights contain mercury and not just traces of it and the more of those things that we need …

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    • … for saving money, so government requires by law us to use compact fluorescent lights. And, my absolute favorite, cigarette smoke is unhealthy, so government goes ahead and gets rid of smoking at private businesses so that I don’t have to make the choice of whether to go to a smoking or nonsmoking bar …

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    • … independence. The government’s answer is compact fluorescent lamps (CFL’s). That’s the squiggly looking light. There is the safety factor concerning the mercury in the CFL’s. And very few of these retailers are recycling these bulbs, which could add toxic waste to already overburdened landfills …

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    • … of ultraviolet light emissions, health experts have warned. The Health Protection Agency (HPA) cautions against being closer than 30cm (1ft) to some compact fluorescent (cfl) bulbs for long. But it added there is no evidence that such bulbs pose a cancer threat. Enclosed CFL lights - where the coil is covered …

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    • … I wonder what the ’street’ value would be. The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has studied the dangers of broken compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) and cleanup concerns. Some of their conclusions are worrying to say the least: “Mercury concentration in the study room air often exceeds …

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    • … the cable are usually copper. Many companies have switched from using traditional incandescent light bulbs to compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs. These use far less energy and produce considerably less heat; however, CFL bulbs — like other fluorescent lights — contain mercury, and some states and local …

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    • … the cable are usually copper. Many companies have switched from using traditional incandescent light bulbs to compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs. These use far less energy and produce considerably less heat; however, CFL bulbs — like other fluorescent lights — contain mercury, and some states and local …

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    • … the cable are usually copper. Many companies have switched from using traditional incandescent light bulbs to compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs. These use far less energy and produce considerably less heat; however, CFL bulbs — like other fluorescent lights — contain mercury, and some states and local …

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    • I was sent one of those Forwards in my email In box, and it sounded typically exaggerated. It was about the alleged dangers of energy-saving Compact Fluorescent light bulbs and the fact that they all contain mercury. The email supposedly quoted a woman who broke one of her CFL bulbs and was told …

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    • I was sent one of those Forwards in my email In box, and it sounded typically exaggerated. It was about the alleged dangers of energy-saving Compact Fluorescent light bulbs and the fact that they all contain mercury. The email supposedly quoted a woman who broke one of her CFL bulbs and was told …




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