read post 67 - better wake up, Sheeple
We've had generations live with much higher exposure than this without ill effect -- and I come from a family once involved in mining operations that involved copious amounts of mercury.
Which is not to say that dumping significant amounts of mercury into the environment is a good or harmless thing -- it isn't, and we can thank the Japanese for classic examples of same.
But a little educated rationality is called for, not ignorant eco-Chicken Littleism. Fact is, the CFLs I use today will release far less mercury than the household fever thermometers I myself broke as a boy. And when a better cost-effective technology (presumably LED) comes along, I'll be on it.