Been lurking since 1995. FYI.
Also not only are these things filled with mercury but they also give off uv and other nasty radiation. Flicker buzz. And cause all kinds of problems for sensitive people like those with lupus light sensivity epilepsy and migrane sufferers. It is plain and simple time to ban these 1940s era toxic lamps
All the way back to 1995, huh? That's impressive!
I had a dear friend that could not be near CFLs for the reasons you mention. It was heartbreaking to see the effect.
On the site since 1995? That’s 2 years before FR was launched. And you lurked all those years until last month? BS.
Anyway, your position on CFLs is grossly overstated paranoia, given that old style straight tube fluorescents have been around since the 1940s in homes, stores, factories, and public places in huge quantities and you can count the number of fatalities they have caused on one hand with fingers left over.
Seriously, you’re not seeing the forest for the trees. Sure mercury is bad stuff, but if fluorescents were that big a source of imminent danger, we would have been seeing deaths left and right for many decades. We have not seen that. Worry about something that’s an actual problem, please?