Seamutt wrote:
CFL have mercury in them and should be disposed of safely. Do a search on how to clean up a broken CFL, its a jaw dropper.
Due to the "push" to change lightbulbs, the hazard materials rating of CFLs were downgraded. It was "decided" by the powers that be that the environmental advantages of CFLs were better than risk of poisoning by mercury.
Of course, growing up as a kid, I remember breaking the silver mercury thermometers and playing with the cool globs of mercury. Didn't seem to have to call out the fire department and seal off the town back then. Oh well. So I don't know what to believe.
