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The critics often cite the recent story of a resident of Ellsworth, Maine, who amassed a clean-up bill of more than 2,000 U.S. dollars by shattering a single CFL in her home. The story originally appeared in the Ellsworth American and quickly spread to other newspapers, such as Canada's National Post and the Washington Times.

But the enormous bill came about as a result of bad advice—a fact often omitted in follow-ups to the original article.

"There's a lot of misleading information out there," said Joel Hogue, president of Elemental Services and Consulting, an Ohio-based company specializing in the cleanup of sites contaminated with mercury. "But when people learn the facts, the level of hysteria dies down."

Like with many other household products, Hogue said, the use of CFLs requires some commonsense precautions. But if a bulb breaks, his company's clean-up services are not required.

In other words, the $2,000 clean up was not necessary but bad advice given by someone who didn't know better.

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[maine-iac7]

this is the STATES mandate on how to dispose of these bulbs = when this was revealed in the Ellsworth American story, they denied it to cover butt - but here is the proof in the pudding. Particularly read the instructions under "What if I accidentally break a fluorescent bulb in my home?"

http://www.maine.gov/dep/rwm/homeowner/fluorescent.htm

So who lied?