Compact Florescent Light Bulbs: The Truth

[nothingelse83]

ano to joke?

[tbtechwiz]

LOLOLLOL

[SevipersOnaPlane]

Surely the work of a sophisticated, impartial network.

[BlueCollarPolitico]

@SevipersOnaPlane

While your description stands correct, you should know that this short-lived show was nothing more than a time-filler for that news network. With the name of Half-Hour News Hour and a cast of comedians, one could could garner no other opinion of the show than they were simply taking a peek at the lighter side of news headlines.

[madJedi1]

These bulbs are a MASSIVE conspiracy.. IGNORE this clip.. these bulbs are far WORSE than these guys are making out...

These bulbs.. how can i put this.. they interfere with your mental functions.. they impair decision making.. they make your mind foggy after long periods of time.. i only know the meta-physical and science within the field of electro-magnetic energy.. so i cant comment on the mercury etc.. only what i know.

We are getting hammered on all fronts.

[Cluster00000]

The hilarious thing about this video is that some people actually believe it to be true.

[electrictroy2010]

@Cluster00000 This video is obviously a joke, but the danger from mercury is very real. The EPA and UK Environment Ministry and the Canadian EPA all recommend leaving the room for 15 minutes and opening the doors to let air escape

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So WHY do I even want to switch to CFLs? So I can save a measly few pennies each month? That seems pointless. Besides I'll burn up several dollars (and CO2) having to drive the CFLs to the landfill after they die. That's doesn't seem very "green" to me

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[Unclesamslair]

a regular incandescent light bulb releases more mercury into the atmosphere than a broken cfl

[Unclesamslair]

@TheSurviver72 Guess what?

The coal that is burned to power an incandescent releases more mercury into the atmosphere in an hour that would be released by smashing a CFL. In July 2008 the U.S. EPA published a data sheet stating that the net system emission of mercury for CFL lighting was lower than for incandescent lighting of comparable lumen output. source: hxxp //1 usa gov/byW4TT (replace x's with t's and spaces with '.')

[jmccuen]

Not only do they produce EMF and have Mercury in them. They are some that believe that the electronic ballast in the light can be coupled with the new digital meters on every house and that the meter can send a signal to the cfl and produce a strobing effect that can cause seizures

[coolboyali2007]

Fox News always looks like they are joking with us!! that's not funny :@!!!

[joecanukk]

Ah yes. FOX "NEWS" What a joke

[Varyalover]

They save about as much as they are told, but negative.They are crappily made with huge amount of electricity.Thomas Edision didn't use any enrgy making them, ony when using them.This is a pretty good skit I must say.

[bearfightsninja]

this show is gay.

[24fastman]

I started using these light bulbs and my power bill jumped from 137.oo a month( for the past 5 years) to 420.00 a month. my house is all electric. I went to meter and did a reading with the spiral light bulbs and the reading jumped from 64180 to 64190 in 30 minutes- so my meter was running like 480 in 24 hours- i then did a test with standard 40 watt bulbs and this is what i got 12:15am- 64190(meter reading) 24 hours later 64210 thats only 60....

[LifesHardLessons]

This cracks me up every time I watch it. But it's true. Another wonderful example of the liberal environmentalist mind at work! And DONT say "just don't drop one" not possible. I can't wait to see what they do to our healthcare system?

[uhclem]

I'm confused. Do the greens want us to stop using oil to make electricity so there's enough left for their ATV's and minivans?

[mima14031985]

What I find funny is that now there are all these worries about mercury in CFL bulbs, when for a lot of time no one told anything about the greater dose of mercury contained in the standard fluorescent tubes that since decades are in offices, schools, etc.

A CFL bulb got broken? Well it's simple, take a wet towel, clean carefully all the broken glass and powders on the floor, put it in a bag and throw it in the special waste. And keep the window opened for a bit. No cancer, no pain, no worries

[TheBlingBlade]

simple solution JUST DON'T DROP THEM

[nimblejackenterprise]

Okay, right from the get go, this video is WAY OFF BASE. CFL bulbs DO NOT contain 5 grams of mercury! The actual amount of mercury in a CFL is about 0.004 Grams and some manufacturers have gotten it down to as little 0.0014 Grams. The mercury issue with CFL's has been COMPLETELY OVERBLOWN!

[nimblejackenterprise]

Okay, right from the get go, this video is WAY OFF BASE. CFL bulbs DO NOT contain 5 grams of mercury! The actual amount of mercury in a CFL is about 0.004 Grams and some manufacturers have gotten it down to as little 0.0014 Grams. The mercury issue with CFL's has been COMPLETELY OVERBLOWN!

[upajos]

@nimblejackenterprise It's called hyperbole. Look it up in the dictionary. It does get the point across, though.

[8573458]

Fluorescent bulbs must never be placed in the trash. When the bulbs break, mercury is released into the air. If the mercury vapor is inhaled, it can cause permanent nerve damage.

[flight206]

They cut out the milli.. you can hear it get cut at 1:04

[partydavo]

The Australian Government is subsidising the replacement of every light bulb in every house in the country...

[noreaga12326]

my advice for all of incandecent lovers like ME is to stock up. This is just another scam to control the lives of people. If CFLs are so good, let consumers decide. I pay for my light bill, so i will choose what bulbs to use in my house, thank you very much!

[supressorgrid]

Have you all confused emf radiation and particle radiation again?

[trader0108]

I believe that CFL bulbs would last much longer if the CFL bulbs had large air circulation cooling holes in the base of the bulb to cool off the bulb's power electronics circuitry. The CFL electronic components circuitry operate at too high of a temperature, and that is why the power electronics frequently burn out and smoke up a room with burnt electronic component smoke ( and that is not mercury smoke, but which may also be poisonous ). I have had many CFL bulbs smoke up the room&no air holes.

[upajos]

@trader0108 They'd last even longer if they weren't made in China using substandard, marginally-rated Chinese electronic parts. Most of the ones I've installed have burned out faster than the incandescent bulbs they replaced, at ten times the cost. They're a rip-off.

[trader0108]

@trader0108 NOTE:I have found out that most all CFL bulbs are designed to be used in the pointed down position, where the bulb scews into a socket in which this socket faces in the downward direction. All my CFL's that had it's electronics burnt out were facing in the wrong horizontal position, and not in the correct downward vertical position. Also CFL bulbs are not supposed to be mounted inside of a too enclosed light fixture, as this enclosure surrounding increases the heat of the CFL bulb..

[specialchannel]

Good job man i just switched to incandescent light bulbs that are the color of the sun :)

[partyongarth420]

just dont be a dipshit and break them.. handle with care..dont keep these low on ur coffee table for u and ur drunk buddies to knock over.

[upajos]

@partyongarth420 They still need to be treated as hazardous waste when they burn out, even if you don't break them. We used to be able to simply throw burned out incandescent bulbs into the household trash and no one cared, because they didn't contain any hazardous materials, like mercury.

[AllAroundBang]

LOL, a "Carbon neutral world". Forgetting that all life here is made of carbon? COMMIES!!!!!!!!!!

[HybridPineapple]

LED FTW.

[den2003]

I think the biggest problem Americans generally have with these lights is that they're primarily manufactured in China. Being composed of little bits and pieces, the ballasts and the lamps themselves are far cheaper to produce in China as is everything else now-a-days, further taking business away from American factories.

That's what hurts and is the reason the CFL is being vilanised.

[den2003]

I've been using CFLs for years now and have never broken one (fingers crossed). This is just to say the media makes a BIG issue about the mercury contained within. But standard florescents use mercury too and so do all the HID lamps shining everywhere from the street, in backyards, cars to most modern shops and malls, not to mention thermometers....

Mercury is everywhere, not just CFLs.

[spotlightman1234]

lol geiger counters mercurys not radioactive

[jake42091]

@ Wearymanblogger ur a retard everyone knows cfl produce like 50 times more lumens for alot less watts than incandescent, thats the only reason people use them, CFLs = good lumen per watt ratio but contains mercury incandescent= shitty lighting but contains no mercury

[RU469NO]

People dont realize you use more energy if you live in cooler climates. By Switching to CFL's you loose the heating factor of incandescents. Thus using double of what you saved in electric on gas. Not to mention Mercury, Bad color redention CRI, RFI interference, high cost, .52 power factor, Cheaper for GE and Phillips to produce them over seas than incandescent here. Lobbiest at work here. "Hey lawmakers let us help you US Gov to get rid of the stock piles of mercury you have" Hmm?

[DiabolicTut0r]

we used to play with boxes and boxes of those bulbs breaking them when i was a kid.38 and in good health..hmm

[jsh78mang]

one persons experience is not a conclusive scientifict fact. Sorry

[spudaso]

how much pollution is generated and how much energy is consumed producing all the components in a cfl compared to a standard light bulb?

[NoRadBlog]

And if you stay less then a meter from them you are exposed to electromagnetic radiation

[BlueCollarPolitico]

Anywhere you find a vibrating electron, you will find electromagnetic radiation. So, everything on the Earth is a source - even ME!

[NoRadBlog]

That might be true, but the diversity of the sources, frequencies, strength and wave shapes are different. The radiation coming our of electronics, WIFI, CELL, electric wires, is not the some as the radiation that is naturally available on earth for millions of years and for which the biological system/kingdom is used to.

[BlueCollarPolitico]

My comment was meant to highlight the fact that you should have qualified your original statement - as you have now done. BTW, it is not "might be true", it IS true.

[skaraoschi]

@NoRadBlog so close your self in a platinum coated lead cube  :P

[whoyoum]

They also do not work with dimmer switch.

[NoRadBlog]

funny but true

[mdgreg]

Isn't There a Difference Between ELEMENTAL Mercury and ORGANIC Mercury? The Merck Index Lists ELEMENTAL Mercury as a Cathartic, So Not Really Dangerous.

[Garlannd]

There is no proof linking cancer to mercury. Thats real fear mongering there over a fucking light bulb you have to change every 10 years.

[Wearymanblogger]

Except that you don't change it every 10 years. You change them JUST AS OFTEN as Incandescent bulbs. Independent studies have shown that in normal household use, the average CFL bulb lasts almost exactly the same amount of time as an incandescent.

So they cost 4 times as much, have a TOXIC and easily made-airborne substance in them (mercury powder) put out LOWER lumens (light) than a comparable incandescent, and don't even last any longer than a regular bulb.

CFLs are Snake Oil.

[Garlannd]

Well I can prove you wrong on that. I've had one in my room for the past 4 years. Still going strong and its used often.

[vmelkon]

@Wearymanblogger There is no such thing as mercury powder. It is mercury vapor.

[bluecamaro98]

IF this was about clean energy we would have been building nuclear power plants in the last 30 years , this is about liberals controling the people . we could build new hydro electric dams , drill for oil . use more natural gas . this is about control of you life . the Government now owns nearly 50% OF ALL PROPERTY IN AMERICA! FACT! , Call that a clue.Now they own G.M., banks, insurance companies . this is about control . Socialism . period . wake up America.

[bluecamaro98]

mercury cannot be removed easily from the human body and builds up over time. its a poisin . thats all you need to know . if we were FISH we would enjoy greater protection from mercury than these new bulbs . typical liberal idea , create a bigger problem using your stupid agenda as the answer for everything . global warming is a SCAM! PERIOD!

[Adammartini]

global warming scam lol

[Tommiddlecoat]

bullshit

[zeushighscore]

What the hell is this crap?

[Rundstedt1]

Man did this show suck, is this even supposed to be comedy? This was to be the conservative attempt at political humor? haha - they're funnier in real life. You know like Ted Haggard claiming he's not gay, McCain claiming the economy is sound, trying to secede like cry-babies because they lose one election after their own people screwed virtually everything-up, invading the wrong country, Bush being a "cowboy" who can't ride a horse, Palin gazing out her back door at the Kremlin...

[BlueCollarPolitico]

Wow! I must have missed all that in this video.

[diamonddave514]

obamas sending our jobs to china

[Lizzie12348]

the amount of mercury in CFL's are miniscule...i would follow the EPA's procedures for clean-up if one breaks but its not something to freak out about. And what about all the other flourescent lamps around? Those contain mercury too, so do the coal plants that make half of the electricity in the US. I also don't have a problem with saving money on my electricity bill, so yes, I'll continue to use CFL's.

[wackywierddudes]

Yeah u can save money on ur electricity bill but everybody always seems to froget to mention that they cost $2000 to cleanup. There shiped from china. (Im sure you tree huggers love all that fuel there burning to ship them). And there filled with mercury.

[studio7031]

@Wackwierddudes: And they cause migraines, the UV emitted causes sunburn and skin cancer, and well, I'm finding it hard to think of one good point about them that isn't canceled out by everything else.

[BlueCollarPolitico]

Wow! I am 46 years old and spent my entire life being extremely close to all those florescent bulbs. I'm surprised that I'm not dead or in poor health already.

[Hypernl]

CFL's are a good thing imo. Even if you consider the mercury: Producing electricity by burning coal also causes mercury to enter the environment. The amount of mercury saved by burning less coal greatly outweighs the small amount that's in the CFL's. For details, see Wikipedia.

[hottdog2007]

because Wikipeia is always right!

NOT

[JustMakingComments]

Get tubular skylights emit more light than ordinary bulbs.

[thejunkman]

CFL's are junk

[ArrowHead83]

Fox = fail

[NiceCar2008]

Thank you for this comedy. We should ban this CFL

[THEREIZNOGOD]

me too!! CFLs give your house, a cold, lonely, empty, dark, gas station feel. i hate them and use them only in utility rooms in areas where they won't easily break since they contain mercury and pose major health risks if broken! i like my regular bulbs!!! and they go out like any light bulb. regular switching on & off decreases CFL bulb life

[THEREIZNOGOD]

i don't see how the environment is worth breathing mercury

[12stringsforme]

You don't? You mean the Greater Good isn't worth sacrificing you or your kid's health and life? But the government told us we had to do this . . . now I'm confused.

[THEREIZNOGOD]

lol, i really do care about the planet and the people. light bulbs aren't the answer. stopping all industry and energy-sucking technologies is what it would take. can you imagine telling paris or beyonce(pronounced bay-ons) that she'll have to not buy any more useless bullshit? or anyone else for that matter? the govt banning nice light bulbs just makes china a lot of money

[12stringsforme]

I think everyone is trying to do the right thing, but the ones promoting these bulbs seem to be asleep at the switch.  Saying these are ok to use is like telling children to sniff glue or use crack. No difference morally.

[THEREIZNOGOD]

they're not terrible, the mercury is very miniscule compared to what they used to fill teeth with. whatever the ramifications, i don't need the govt banning incandescent bulbs like they're plutonium

[ArrowHead83]

"I think everyone is trying to do the right thing, but the ones promoting these bulbs seem to be asleep at the switch. Saying these are ok to use is like telling children to sniff glue or use crack. No difference morally."

Well you'd better go to your kids' school and yell at them until they remove the fluorescent lights from their classrooms, then. Fluorescent tubes contain mercury just like CFLs.

[THEREIZNOGOD]

if the greater good is inconsiderate to the point of not caring about people's lives, the greater good can kiss my ass... don't get me wrong... incandescent or cfl, i really can't get too concerned. it's the act of BANNING incandescents outright that's enraging me... don't ban SUV's, but ban little light bulbs... that'll fix everything

[ArrowHead83]

Breathing mercury? The amount of mercury in a CFL is ridiculously tiny. And the body *does* eliminate mercury on its own. It's constant, high-level exposure that's a danger.

[Ieonman]

exciting new product for the home.... lol

why can't we just use fucking leds that awesome fun and cheap :D

[fatfist]

Like any new hype the government has jumped on in history, time will tell the truth about how it pans out. Take the low fat/cholestorol hyped crap the gov forced on us in the last 50 years. People are even MORE obese now and with HIGHER rates of heart disease. The gov and their so-called scientists/advisors have not provided a SINGLE shred of scientific evidence to support their claims. And with these CFLs now, we will see many health problems in the future. Nothing changes. Just more hype!!

[DrinkingTheMovie]

You people are nuts. First this is on Fox News...so bullshit right away. 5 GRAMS!!!! 4 MILLI-grams tops. A lot of new ones contain less than 1 mg now. How many lightbulbs are you people breaking? YouTube viewers must really hate CFLs or just suck at putting in a bulb. If you have a GED, buy these, put um in with care, and save money.

[moronpolice]

Dolt.. it is on Fox news Network, but it is a comedy show that makes fun of political stupidity. Read the EPA instructions for dealing with breaking one of these and the fine you can get for not disposing of a very low level of mercury properly. Idiotic. You make this a venue to try to insult the intelligence of others that do not care to use the bulb of your choice

[ArrowHead83]

"Dolt.. it is on Fox news Network, but it is a comedy show that makes fun of political stupidity. Read the EPA instructions for dealing with breaking one of these and the fine you can get for not disposing of a very low level of mercury properly. Idiotic. You make this a venue to try to insult the intelligence of others that do not care to use the bulb of your choice"

You're an alarmist shit-for-brains.

[jprimex]

Why do they have a geiger counter?

[legominifigure7]

it isnt. it only looks like one.

[jprimex]

Right...

[stinkerton]

Hey everybody! Guess what? Mercury vapour bulbs have been in widespread use since the early 50's! You know fluorescent bulbs? the kind that most likely light your workplace? Yep. COMPACT Fluorescent Light bulbs are just small versions of FLUORESCENT LIGHT BULBS!!! The same bulbs that I know many have taken great pleasure from smashing without a thought. I know, I know, it feels good to jump on a bandwagon and buck against a trend because it is new and unfamiliar, but if you read up on it...

[stinkerton]

they actually make sense ecologically and economically. It is too bad that we can't just throw them in the garbage bin and go back to watching T.V. though. I don't like things that I have to put a modicum of thought and common sense into.

[coolmom9]

To the poster who said he never broke a regular light bulb--apparently, he's never had small children in his home--things break.

Personally, I don't want to have to call hazmat if my toddler knocks over a lamp.

[lawharrison]

what a fuckin yellow journalist if i ever saw one. this guys shouldn't play with batteries in case they break...oh no battery acid.

[BlueCollarPolitico]

He is no journalist. He is a comedian. The entire skit is designed to poke fun at enviro-whackos, all of whom embraced CFLs when they were first introduced. Then it was discovered that they contained a pesky little element called mercury.

[LookItsRiceCake]

Lol...

"Reduce emissions in America's coal-burning power plants."

No shit. You know how much more mercury is released into the ATMOSPHERE when you burn that crap?

Jesus christ. I can't believe that breaking these bulbs is "the big issue" with them. I never broke an incandescent bulb, and never broke a CFL. Am I the only one not retarded?

Is anyone else out there still intelligent? Hello? I'm starting to feel alone. I know you're out there...

[chao129]

the mercury in a cfl bulb + mercury from coal burned to power it: 6-8 mg

mercury released from burning coal to power an incandescent bulb: 10-11 mg

also, friggin new age freaky hippies don't know that calling hazmat over 4-5 mg of mercury is WAY over reacting. My chemistry professor has been working with it for 40 years, minimal safety precautions, and still has undetecable levels in his blood.

[LookItsRiceCake]

No I totally agree. That's what I was trying to say but worded it badly. Burning coal is the big problem.

Regardless; you provided an intelligent answer, so I thank you!

[moodfactory]

how much mercury burned from coal to make them?

[moodfactory]

do you know how much energy we spent manufacturing these??? in product development? how much it energy it takes to manufacture vs. incandescent?

why send solid mercury into our groundwater supply - something that is already limited?

turn off your lights! use lower wattage!!

use LEDs.

[home4kb]

"We" don't spend anything manufacturing them. 100% of them are made in China. This mandate will close down every factory in America that makes incandescent bulbs forcing all of those American's to lose their jobs. Way to congress! I'm with you, turn off your lights and use lower wattage bulbs!

[CizzarGX]

Then you shouldn't use your car too, because a lot of them are made in Asia and also all the carriage makers which are as widespread as lightbulb factories in America will lose their job. That really would be unpatriotic, wouldn't it ?

I'm with you, use your car and save the carriage makers!

[home4kb]

I don't have a problem with using something made in a foreign country. What I have a problem with is shutting down all American manufacturing of a perfectly good product. I have a problem with the government stepping in to my private home and private life to mandate how I light my house by taking away my right to choose. By the way, many of the foreign automakers actually manufacture cars in the USA.

[milesharrison]

who said the american factories cant manafacture these news lights? idiot, also, this video is totally stupid; "the truth"?, it is all bollocks!

[arcnspark8]

that's why the EPA issued standard cleanup procedures which include removing kids / animals, shutting down AC, Evac of area, cutting out carpet, and calling your local hazmat fac to pickup offending material. This video is not far off. They don't even compare for lighting brilliance. Women hate the little buzz they make. So invest in stock regarding any eye sight issues after the change and you'll make a fortune. I'm an electrical contractor, thats my comment qual asshole. No dimming either.

[a4finger]

wow

I don't watch fox news but I never though it was THIS full of crap. Mercury isn't radioactive and its found in ordinary thermometors

[jesusmessanger]

Its a different type of mercury the bulbs contain a mercury vapor.

[dasgemuse]

they are filled with mercury and if one breaks you have to evacuate your house and call a hazmat team

[tommytowne]

BULLSHIT STORY

"they are filled with mercury and if one breaks you have to evacuate your house and call a hazmat team"

BULLSHIT COMMENT

[chao129]

mercury is NOT THAT DAMN DANGEROUS, PEOPLE!

5 mg of mercury, open a window and sweep it up.

[doodnik]

this is hilarious

[BlueEagle8]

The answer is LEDs. CFLs are wrong wrong wrong.

[rwilson290]

The answer *will* be LEDs. Here's the litmus test -> have you converted your house to LEDs? Probably not unless you like bad light and have a lot of money. They're not yet ready.

[KougsMotors454]

i remember 3 old thermostats at my house were replaced (with digital ones) years ago, each thermostat had 2 mercury "tilt" switches , each switch contained a big glob of mercury probably large enough to make 50 CFLs! likely thousands of such thermostats were made , replaced , and junked over the years

[andrejfavia]

FOX NEWS just let me way down. Extremely absurd false information in here, extremely ridiculous hysteria, and did he just break the CFL intentionally for the show? Oh hell I'm just gonna shut up now before I seriously KO another one of these anti-Hg nimrods.

[Starteller]

If we disclose ETs technologies we would NEVER have energy problems. When would Congress force the disclosure instead of wasting time whit light bulbs?

[KougsMotors454]

the laws to ban incandescent lamps are bad , however CFLs are not , we have been using regular TUBULAR florescent lamps for decades and they contain mercury. the same is true for street lighting (sodium lamps, mercury vapor, etc)

[vmelkon]

That's because all humans are stupid. Nobody recycles anything. Incandescent or fluorescent, it all ends up in the trash.

[KougsMotors454]

what about the bulb in the refrigerator and the oven ?? it NEEDS to be an incandescent lamp !! a CFL cant survive such temperature extremes!!!! banning lightbulbs is stupid!!! ITS UNCONSTITUTIONAL

[bigstretch100]

Wish this show was still on. Pretty funny. LOL

[GSpotter63]

Gee I wander how much $ was donated into this show's coffers by the manufactures of the 100 +year old, out dated, and obsolete incandescent light bulb. A light source in which 90% of its total output is in the infrared witch humans like you and me cannot see anyway, and is therefore a complete waste of power.

[GSpotter63]

Excuse me! But have we not been using the same type of lighting in office buildings, grocery stores, Schools, and malls for over 20 years. The long tube type use the same chemicals as there smaller cousins yet nobody is bitching about them.

[bigstretch100]

Sure have.

[choqueras]

and they soon will be mandatory by law...

[sumbunnyelse]

Google this:

How Many Congressmen Does It Take To Screw The American Public With A Light Bulb?

[Greg260146]

It is astonishing that there is no law under the constitution or otherwise to silence or incacerate snake oil salesmen as with Al Gore & his inconvenient lies. Or for that matter Congress for having colluded in Al Gore's misrepresentation & unfounded drivvel about global warming founded on absolutely no sound science but signed off by bought & paid for grant funded so called scientists! Take One example besides these dud bulbs, in 1945 there were 4-5,000 polar bears there are now about 25,000!!

[WindDancer13]

I have had a CFL bulb break and another burnt out already. So far I haven't found a recycle place that is convenient...not particularly impressed when that one just stopped working. Guess we shall see how this goes in the future, eh?!

[AirborneGuillotine]

great video but I still hate "fox noise"

[CleanGreenLight]

The problem with the new compact fluorescent bulbs is that they are being more widely used in domestic situations.

An example scenario, a CFL reading lamp gets knocked over, 20 mg of metallic mercury is scattered into the carpet and stays there for evermore. Baby plays on carpet and ingests dangerous levels of mercury, causing permanent brain damage. Parents were never warned that there was a toxic hazard.

These small quantities of mercury pose a greater threat than low level nuclear waste.

[dgeoffri]

The mercury from a broken CFL could be dangerous. So could bleach, ammonia, steak knives, raw beef, sometimes spinach or tomatos, etc. I have a bunch of CFLs. They've never broken, and they've never burnt out, so I've never HAD to replace one. When one does burn out finally, after years of use, it won't be a big deal to take it to a recycling center. Incandescents, on the other hand, were burning out on me every couple months, filling up the landfills with broken glass and wasting my time.

[choqueras]

I've had about 6 burn out in less than 3 years, I did not know about this and put it right in the garbage, which I'm sure most people do since there is just a tiny little warning at the back of the package really hard to read and who reads that?

Being such a dangerous product it should have a warning or disposal instructions in big bold letters in front of the package by law...

[moodfactory]

if u r driving 100 miles to recycle that is an even bigger issue. Our bulbs certainly don't burn out every month so not sure whose bulbs you are buying.

[jambroni]

NOTE: Bulbs on dimming circuits or 3-way bulbs require CFL's specifically designed for those purposes. Using a standard CFL in a dimming circuit is a fire hazard. You'll need a dimmable or 3-way CFL for the appropriate application and they are a little more difficult to find. If it's not clearly marked for dimming do not use the bulb in a dimming circuit, even at full brighness. The same applies for a 3-way bulb -- it should be clearly marked -- if not, don't use it.

THANKS FOR PLAYING

[SHADOWBOXERBAYBEE]

Has ANYONE here witnessed these new bulbs go BAD?? I have!! I was in the livingroom, John had replaced the 3-Way bulb with this cr@p of a bulb which gave LITTLE light though it stated it was 100 watt. . . ANYWAY, I heard this wissing sound, yes WISSING sound, then SMOKE began to billow up through the lamp shade and we both thought the LAMP had finally died. I unplugged it and took it outside. IT WAS THE BULB!! it can cause FIRES, HELLO??? I've stocked up on the regulars, 48 and counting.

[dgeoffri]

...do you work at an incandescent bulb manufacturing plant or something? I've had CFLs for over a year now, and haven't had to replace a single one, nor have any of them broke. And they've saved me a HUGE amount of time changing bulbs which used to burn out once a month due to modern cheap fabrication and "cost-saving," I guess. I love them, honestly, even if I have to drive 100 miles to recycle them when they finally burn out, I'll still have saved on time compared to replacing constantly.

[RJPell]

Seems like you've been crawling around in mercury! 100 miles and still saved time, it's people like you that have caused this country the problems we now have, $4.00 a gallon of gas. Probably drive a hybrid...

[attickstars101]

Are CFL'S made in China???

[CleanGreenLight]

Compact fluorescent light bulbs release highly toxic mercury vapour when broken. The TLV (Threshold Limit Value) is only 25 micrograms per cubic meter (OSHA).

It will cost your local authority dearly to provide for their disposal.

They are not dimmable, they are slow to warm up, have a tendency to flicker, and have a poor color.

They will not save much electricity. If you normally need to heat your home, the so-called 'waste' heat from conventional bulbs helps heat your home.

[dgeoffri]

...in the summertime? I'm more worried about keeping my home cool 11 months out of the year in Texas.

[Pippi444]

LOL 5 milligrams isnt that toxic

[resr1286]

Funny video about CFLs.

[jayguy173]

lol 5mg isnt alot more in fish

[jgedmond]

not in the amount of fish that you would be able to eat (1 -2 pounds) and there are guidelines on how much fish to ingest in a month, pregnant women should not eat from mercury contaminated waters, etc

[Membrane556]

I think these news guys have been eating mercury thermometers and maybe lead paint chips too.

[andyplace]

Right, except its 5 milligrams....

[andyplace]

Just read the Description... Disregard last comment.