Re: Re: Anyone else get mold related eye-headaches & light-se...

[Guest guest]

I saw a story on our local news about a CF bulb that exploded when it was

turned on! They down played the seriousness of the mercury and said that

only small amounts of the toxin was released!!! They said to clean it up with

a wet paper towel and place it into a plastic bag. No mention of where to

dispose of it or to open windows!! I have them on the outside porch lights.

One in the front window that I purchased before I knew what they contained.

It's still there because I don't know where to throw it out. I am going to

start buying the old bulbs to have for the future because you won't be

able to buy them anywhere!!!

I saw a story of a store in England that bought thousands of the old bulbs

and sold them all in a week!!!

Thanks for the article-it gives me a little hope. But I'm still going to

start to stock up on incandescents. Hopefully it will be for nothing but

I've learned to not hope for the best anymore.

[Guest guest]

well i bought a few of the cfl bulbs a few years back and then stopped

after discovering they contained mercury (so do fluorescent tube bulbs i

think). but our local san francisco newpaper article on cfl bulbs had a

completely different take on the toxicity that your local news, they

said a broken cfl bulb created a " toxic spill " situation and that to

properly clean it up could cost $5,000 or so. last time i ever bought

one of those bulbs. and i know someone w/preexisting health issues who

broke a cfl bulb and later realized that it was the broken bulb that

sent her health into a downward spiral, only after doing metals

chelation did she start to have a turn around in her health. buyer

beware. sue v

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>I saw a story on our local news about a CF bulb that exploded when it was

>turned on! They down played the seriousness of the mercury and said that

>only small amounts of the toxin was released!!! They said to clean it

>up with

>a wet paper towel and place it into a plastic bag. No mention of where to

>dispose of it or to open windows!! I have them on the outside porch lights.

>One in the front window that I purchased before I knew what they contained.

>It's still there because I don't know where to throw it out. I am going to

>start buying the old bulbs to have for the future because you won't be

>able to buy them anywhere!!!

>I saw a story of a store in England that bought thousands of the old bulbs

>and sold them all in a week!!!

>

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[Guest guest]

You're right about the hazard of CFL bulbs! I read in consumer report about

how to clean up if one is broken. First open the windows for at least 15

minutes and leave the room. Says to use wet paper towels, and put in a

plastic baggie and then into ANOTHER plastic bag. DO NOT ever vaccum! We have

some but only in over head lights with globes around them and none in the

bedrooms. I'm stocking up on the old fashioned ones while we can still buy

them!

what is adte? those CFL bulbs should be outlawed, can you just imagine

all the CFL bulbs that have broken in kids rooms.....I read a number of

years ago that when one of these breaks it essentially creates a hazmat

situation and to properly remediate would cost thousands of dollars, I

bought no more after that...