Slate.com guy who was enthusiastically promoting the mercury light bulb some months back totally backed down when Stuart brought the issue to his attention.
Also, hearing major rumblings about the light bulbs in the MIT community... my hometown :o)
Two rocket scientists if I ever saw one.
All fluorescent bulbs contain a trace of Mercury. How many millions have been crushed in land fills an broken in homes over the years? In fact,
I don't know if they are allowed at Kodak Park in Rochester, NY but I do know that back in the early 60’s a worker there broke a mercury thermometer resulting in having do nearly destroy a building to affect cleanup. Mercury is hell on silver-halide film.
I bet the park has such bulbs in use.