Just wondering. Do the long tubes that homes and businesses have been using for decades (and which folks often enjoy smashing) have the same issues? Should we fear the tubes as well?
Yes and this is very important. They are much worse and have much more
Mercury. In this analysis the T8 I refer to is the typical four foot one inch
Diameter lamp They typically have 25-40 mg and a conc 150 Million times
What is max allowed. This is about 7-10x one cfl. Much of the discussion centers on CFls which
Are a very small part of this problem. T8s are written into every single
Building code in the us. The lamps have NO warning except for a circle Hg
I see them on the street in the trash everyday the mercury just sits in the tube and gradually leaks out. The callous disregard and even I would
Call CRIMiNAL conspiracy to suppress this information by the EPA
Is ongoing They don’t even talk about the tubes at all