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2007-03-30 08:00:45 · 6 answers · asked by chinucho25 2 in Environment

CFL= compact fluorescent light bulbs

2007-03-30 08:07:26 · update #1

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Turns out using CFLs _reduces_ mercury pollution. In science (maybe especially in global warming) good sounding arguments turn out to be not true when you look at the data.

Even if you just disposed of them recklessly, they reduce mercury pollution. Because more mercury is released from burning fossil fuels to light an incandescent than is in a CFL.

Of course, best is that you dispose of them properly. Many communities take them as "household hazardous waste". Some other places recycle them.

http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=lighting.pr_lighting

Click on the "How to Dispose" link for the data.

Also here:

http://www.cityofberkeley.info/sustainable/Powerplay%20articles/16Powerplay.Mercury.CFL.html

2007-03-30 09:20:02 · answer #1 · answered by Bob 7 · 0 0

Not as hazardous as the big 4 or 8 foot long tube fluorescent lights you see all over the place in stores, offices and so on, because they are smaller and have less Mercury. Also, environmental concerns have caused the manufacturers to lower the amount of mercury as much as possible. There is a truly tiny amount of mercury in a modern fluorescent lamp.

2007-03-30 16:53:25 · answer #2 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0 0

Compact Florescent Lights? Oh yeah, they do contain enough mercury to be hazardous (several milligrams). That's why they aren't quite the "green revolution" they are made out to be. Now LED arrays, those are truly great from an energy saving and environmental impact point of view.

2007-03-30 15:04:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Yes when disposed, not in use. Many things are, including electronics. There are recycling and disposal programs to properly manage the waste

2007-03-30 15:05:27 · answer #4 · answered by Carp 5 · 0 0

They are good at cutting power consumption but what happens when you need to dispose of them. There a good short term solution but we need a long term and safer one.

2007-03-30 15:47:03 · answer #5 · answered by ? 7 · 0 0

no.. i dont sniff them

2007-03-30 15:08:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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