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$1,995
Posted on 03/18/2007 6:53:30 AM PDT by cp124
BANGOR - Compact fluorescent lights, those swirly bulbs displacing the old incandescent type in many homes, have become the darlings of the energy-conscious crowd, thanks to their capacity to both fight global warming and lower utility bills.
But with more than a million bulbs sold in Maine, questions are being raised about whether consumers know enough about the special disposal and handling requirements that come with these well-documented energy-savers.
In one unusual case, a Prospect woman was told recently that it could cost $2,000 to clean up the mess left by a single shattered bulb.
(Excerpt) Read more at bangordailynews.com ...
How many 4 foot and 8 foot fluorescent tubes were broken on 9-11?
Mercury is considered dangerous because it vaporizes, right? Wouldn't the small quantity of mercury found in a CFL fixture be pretty well vaporized within a few hours, and pretty much gone within a few days?
I would think the key step to minimizing the hazard would be to ventilate the area of the spill and not stay around that area or the broken pieces for a few hours.
Not to mention lead. I suppose that anyone selling a house that has used compact fluorescent lights will have to certify that the home has been properly inspected and decontaminated before selling it.
I'll clean in up for only $1,500.
I found a book somewhere as a kid that showed how to coat pennies with mercury by boiling Mercurochrome (sp) on the kitchen stove. Probably not a great idea.
Shhhh. Someone will think about the tap water filter cartridges we've been chucking in the trash can...
They are in essence eating their young through abortion, one of their religions.
Sucker. My environmental cleanup company offers much better rates.
$1,495
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Yeah, ain't it the truth! When we were kids we ran with scissors all the time too.
Ya know those little American flags on little sticks? I remember running with one of those in my mouth. Yep, I fell down and stuck it down my throat.
What do you expect...... there were no warning labels! How was I to know?
;)
My sister's son lives there and is making a mint doing decontamination. The state is full of nuts.
How many envirowhackos does it take to change a lightbulb?
Wonder how many folks just threw it in the trash and had it carted off to the dump??
Maybe the moonbats can use the lightbulbs as replacement thermometers..just screw them into their a******s...
Haven't you heard? They already do ... ESCR cannibalizes humans at embryo age.
LOL
You forgot to mention the "do not operate heavy machinery" while doing this....
Or the "don't do this while in your bathtub or shower.."
No: I am talking about those 4 foot and 8 foot long fluorescent tubes that I have to replace at the Legion Post when they burn out.
"thanks to their capacity to both fight global warming and lower utility bills."
"Fight" global warming? How? In what capacity?
The author is a moron.
I'm still wondering what happened to the ozone layer,ozone hole.I guess that problem was solved when I wasn't listening.
I've read of late that there was a concern about global cooling in the 70's which I don't remember.(I don't remember the cooling "crisis",I remember the 70's just fine).I guess that problem became global warming.When I read the articles today about warming,they usually mention the average temperature rise in the past century,and then note the increased rate since...the seventies.Well,if there were those who thought that the trend in the 70's was cooling,it stands to reason that average temperatures had been dropping up to that point.It is therefore a bit disingenuous to speak of the rapid rise in temperatures since that time if you do not at the same time identify that base period as the trough it appears to have been.
Foxy Loxy: "How do you know the sky is falling?" Chicken Little: "I saw it with my own eyes, and heard it with my own ears, and part of it fell on my head!" Foxy Loxy: "I see. Well then, follow me, and I'll show you the way to the king." Narrator: So Foxy Loxy led Chicken Little, Henny Penny, Ducky Lucky, Goosey Loosey, and Turkey Lurkey across a field and through the woods. He led them straight to his den, and they never saw the king to tell him that the sky is falling.
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