Warning about mercury in CFLs

A news item warning of the mercury content in energy-efficient compact fluorescent lightbulbs.

By the way, Peter Garrett (Midnight Oil singer and Minister For The Environment) has take it upon himself to ban/restrict the import of traditional filament light globes as his way of phasing them out.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• green
• energy
• CFL
• mercury
• Hg
• warning

[CanberraUser]

Peter Garret has got a lot to answer for, and Kevin Fudd made a BIG mistake allowing him access to the Cabinet when Hard Labor was elected in 2007.

[NoRadBlog]

CFL is not green it is poison!

[KKinsane2009]

I don't know where you people get your information about mercury but in science at school way back someone broke a thermometer and we were told to immediatly leave the room, I don't know how to clean mercury from a carpet neither should I need to.

[DaveArgon]

Everyone forgets that standard fluorescent tubes have been around since 1930's, they contain WAY more mercury than a dozen CFLs. Yet if one of those break, you don't see people freaking out and calling HazMat to clean it up! Nobody thinks twice throwing THEM out. When the tube is worn out the vapour is depleted anyway!

Mercury is everywhere- a huge blob in your thermostat, in medication & vaccines, medical equipment and dental fillings.

@fiesta1117cc - YES, coal burning DOES produce mercury!

[fiesta1117cc]

@TheDisproof No fossil fuels do not produce mercury in fact Mercury is a very expensive & extremely rare element in the Earth's crust it is only mined in very few countries Spain is the largest nation to mine it Mercury is a good conductor of electricity & emitting light The first bulbs to contain mercury were called Mercury Vapour Lamps which began lighting up the streets back in the early 1960’s those bulbs gave out a bluish white light

[thoostorm4]

@TheFrostymountains yes

[grsesesesesesesesese]

@TheDisproof

what is it with everyone and coal

these so called energy saving bulbs can still be useing the energy from coal

personly i would only use these bulbs as a weapon

[TheDisproof]

@NoRadBlog Actually fossil fuels particularly coal produce more mercury than all the world's CFl's combined!

[poikaa3]

@spotlightman1234  That is the recovered mercury from the recycled bulbs (CFLs)

[TheFrostymountains]

@MrGoogfan it's the VAPOR that kills . like when you vacuum it up !

[celloprof]

@TheGeek1028 Some Cfl's are A LOT BIGGER than others, some have to contain 20 mg for the bigger bulb size.

[azthundercloud]

did you ever wonder where the CFL's are made? CHINA!!!!! the bleeding heart green weenies have convinced the government to forbid manufacture of the bulbs in the US. and there are plenty of bulb manufactures!!!

[AlexB2311]

The solution--use LED light bulbs not CFL's. LED's are better and contain no mercury.