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Originally Posted by hollym
I got concerned and I googled this and found a lot of good information. For instance, the amount of mercury in one bulb is a tiny fraction of what was in the old mercury thermometers (100 lightbulbs to equal one thermometer).
It also said that no mercury is released while the bulb is intact or in use. There are also links to agencies to find local recyclers of CFL bulbs.
Once I read all the info, I felt a lot better. I had already changed over at least half of the bulbs in my house! I'm not sure if we can post links here or not, so I didn't want to. The info I found was on a government site (energystar) so I felt it was pretty trustworthy. I just googled CFL bulbs and mercury.
Don't panic - it doesn't sound like it's all that bad.
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No panic here. How many thermometers do we have in our homes vs. lightbulbs though? I have many, many lightbulbs.
Any amount of mercury in the environment is not good, but eventually all those bulbs will get old and be discarded.
I haven't found any place that recycles the bulbs. IF you have please share it.
So far we haven't replaced bulbs. We will keep the old and just be more careful of leaving them on too much.
Doesn't Energy Star make the bulbs? If so it's kind of like any manufacturers site.
They rarely have any of the bad points.
I guess this can be an interesting debate. Will the new lightbulbs really make a difference or will they just cause more problems down the line.
I'm all for new stuff; just like it well thought out. Sometimes we do things for political reasons and not for the good of all.
Tootsie
