Re: Compact Flourescent Lamps

On Aug 10, 11:44 am, Richard Evans <info...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Rick Samuel" <richard.car...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

What am I missing?

Maybe the dangers of breaking them and releasing mercury into the air.

http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/cfl.asp

Same with tube type. Is there more mercury in CFL's? The above said
nothing about a difference.

I'm guessing that there is, based on several observations:

- I've never seen dire warnings about the consequences of breaking the
tubes..

- There are not complicated cleanup instructions for broken tubes.

- The landfill accepts tubes but not CFLs.

CFLs include PC boards, probably soldered with lead.
Lead amount per CFL is probably the same as for an
incandescent, however.

- I've never seen in the dicusssion of the dangers of CFLs a mention
of similar dangers from tubes.

.

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