Submitted by Chris in Delco (not verified) on Fri, 04/15/2011 - 11:03pm.
Whatever you do if you have small children do not use those tree-hugging compact fluorescent bulbs in your home. They're an accident waiting to happen. One careless tap with a broom handle or errant cork and your house will have to be professionally cleaned by basically ripping out all the existing flooring and surrounding surfaces and replacing with new. It would be interesting to know just how much mercury vapor is compressed inside one of those little corkscrew bulbs just waiting to contaminate your home? I wonder how many of the test subjects in this article were exposed to broken CF bulbs? Buyer beware, voter beware. Did you know they are already starting to ban 100 watt incandescent bulbs in some states, wonder when it will be NC's turn, is it already in the books?
What about the real mercury danger in CF Bulbs?
Whatever you do if you have small children do not use those tree-hugging compact fluorescent bulbs in your home. They're an accident waiting to happen. One careless tap with a broom handle or errant cork and your house will have to be professionally cleaned by basically ripping out all the existing flooring and surrounding surfaces and replacing with new. It would be interesting to know just how much mercury vapor is compressed inside one of those little corkscrew bulbs just waiting to contaminate your home? I wonder how many of the test subjects in this article were exposed to broken CF bulbs? Buyer beware, voter beware. Did you know they are already starting to ban 100 watt incandescent bulbs in some states, wonder when it will be NC's turn, is it already in the books?