Breaking a compact fluorescent light bulb could cost you $2,000

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You know I find this totally amusing and yet really it is not either.

They don't mind putting all that mercury in the mouths of children and

adults but break a light bulb and it costs thousands to clean it

up.Costs thousands to put it in the mouth too. Where is the stopping

place for all of this? Seems to me that the mercury in the mouth is

more dangerous than what is in a light bulb. And it is in the kids mouth

24/7.

I never had it in mine and never put it in my kids mouth.

These things really make me angry at the inconsistencies. As my mother

used to say, " gag at a gnat and swallow a camel. "

 

Kathryn

 

 

 

 

 

, robert-blau wrote:

>

> Don't try this at home, kids . . .

>

> Energy: Breaking a compact fluorescent light bulb could cost you

$2,000

> in toxic mercury cleanup

>

> While large-scale marketing efforts tout cost savings of compact

> fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs), few are explaining the real cost -- to

> the environment and to individuals -- of broken or discarded CFLs. One

> consumer has learned that accidentally breaking...

>

> http://www.newstarget.com/021916.html

>

> [P.S. Snopes raises questions on SOME of this:

> http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/cfl.asp -- Draw your own

> conclusions]

>