Comments on: CFL Lighting, Pros and Cons http://www.begreeninfo.com/cfl-lighting-pros-and-cons/ Eco-friendly ideas for all Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:16:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Laure http://www.begreeninfo.com/cfl-lighting-pros-and-cons/comment-page-1/#comment-666 Laure Mon, 07 Feb 2011 14:50:58 +0000 http://www.begreeninfo.com/?p=5#comment-666 Even dental amalgams cause huge health problems for many people. The fact that the effect is slow and insidious doesn't make it any less toxic. The health care cost of sensitive people's mercury related problems will be huge, because most doctors will spend a zillion dollars trying to figure out a problem that people like you MINIMIZE with posts like this. Ditto the EPA. Why not simply move away from stuff we already know is toxic, instead of creating and encouraging a huge industry that will cost MORE to get rid of down the road? Even dental amalgams cause huge health problems for many people. The fact that the effect is slow and insidious doesn’t make it any less toxic. The health care cost of sensitive people’s mercury related problems will be huge, because most doctors will spend a zillion dollars trying to figure out a problem that people like you MINIMIZE with posts like this. Ditto the EPA.

Why not simply move away from stuff we already know is toxic, instead of creating and encouraging a huge industry that will cost MORE to get rid of down the road?

]]> By: Dan Bogard http://www.begreeninfo.com/cfl-lighting-pros-and-cons/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Dan Bogard Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:39:27 +0000 http://www.begreeninfo.com/?p=5#comment-2 Yes, CFLs do contain small amounts of mercury – Aaaaarrgggghhh! But let’s keep this in proportion. The mercury is usually in amalgam form (not pure mercury) and is a tiny pellet smaller than the tip of a biro. This is less than the amount of mercury contained in normal dental fillings (silver- mercury amalgam). Compared with the vast amounts of hazardous asbestos laying around, routine exposure to particulates from diesel engines and bacterial risks in from suspect drinking water supplies, it’s a very minor hazard indeed. Talk of clearing rooms, opening windows and wearing rubber gloves just to clear up broken CFL debris is as big an over-reaction as advocating the wearing of chemical warfare isolation suits to clean the bathroom! I say let's keep a practical grip on reality in dealing with the CFL mercury issue, and stop talking up the risks! Incidentally, mercury has been used in flourescent strip lighting for years and years, meaning that almost any office, school, public building, airport, station,factory or other place of work could now be regarded as hazardous..... Yes, CFLs do contain small amounts of mercury – Aaaaarrgggghhh! But let’s keep this in proportion. The mercury is usually in amalgam form (not pure mercury) and is a tiny pellet smaller than the tip of a biro. This is less than the amount of mercury contained in normal dental fillings (silver- mercury amalgam). Compared with the vast amounts of hazardous asbestos laying around, routine exposure to particulates from diesel engines and bacterial risks in from suspect drinking water supplies, it’s a very minor hazard indeed. Talk of clearing rooms, opening windows and wearing rubber gloves just to clear up broken CFL debris is as big an over-reaction as advocating the wearing of chemical warfare isolation suits to clean the bathroom!
I say let’s keep a practical grip on reality in dealing with the CFL mercury issue, and stop talking up the risks!

Incidentally, mercury has been used in flourescent strip lighting for years and years, meaning that almost any office, school, public building, airport, station,factory or other place of work could now be regarded as hazardous…..

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