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Expert Warns Of Danger In Broken CFL Bulbs
KYW Newsradio ^ | January 13, 2011 | Michelle Durham,

Posted on 01/13/2011 9:14:34 PM PST by george76

As incandescent bulbs are phased out across America in favor of energy-saving compact fluorescents (CFL), a Philadelphia environment expert is warning of a potential danger in the bulbs — especially if they are accidentally broken... you need to take special precautions if a CFL bulb breaks.

“Open up the windows,” Prof. Ryan advises. “Leave the room for 15 to 20 minutes and let the room air out. There will be a little bit of mercury that will vaporize. Mercury is a toxin and you don’t want to breathe it in...

He says if a bulb breaks you should also turn off your central air or heat for about 20 minutes if you have a forced-air system.

(Excerpt) Read more at philadelphia.cbslocal.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: bulbs; cfl; cflbulbs; energy; mercury; mercurybulbs
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To: redhead

Can we mail out burned out Mercury bulbs to AlGore? Or would he have us arrested?


21 posted on 01/13/2011 10:13:43 PM PST by UnwashedPeasant (Don't nuke me, bro)
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To: Republican Wildcat

CFL’s, basically, have 3 colors, RGB, blended together to create white. The blue is somewhere around 430nm, the red somewhere around 615nm, and the green somewhere around 550nm.
The 2700k bulbs have more of the orange/red phosphor, so the light appears more orange/red. Those are the warm whites. The 6500k daylight or cool white bulbs have more of a bluish tint, because they’re using more of the blue phosphor and less of the red.

Incandescent bulbs halogen bulbs, have light spectrums much more similar to the sun. Continuous full spectrum peaking in the visible light spectrum. The sun peaks somewhere in the 400-500nm range, the halogen in the 500-600nm, and the incand. With incands and the sun, you’re getting all wavelengths, in different proportions, with CFLs youre basically getting 3 wavelenths.


22 posted on 01/13/2011 10:24:09 PM PST by truthfreedom
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To: pogo101

They’re not talking about how long the bulb lasts when they’re talking about efficiency. CFL’s are efficient. A 26w bulb does put out about the same amount of light as a 100w incand.
CFLs aren’t as cheap as incands, but they’re down below $2 a piece for the 26w.


23 posted on 01/13/2011 10:29:55 PM PST by truthfreedom
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To: UnwashedPeasant

I think they should all go to Upton - he’s at the top of the heap in the new Republican Committee chairmen now on Energy and he loves them. Still can’t figure out why he wasn’t booted out and replaced with someone more conservative. But at least it’s not a worry in my house - I have 6 cases of the old fashioned ones of various kinds in my garage. Should take care of my lifetime.


24 posted on 01/13/2011 10:33:55 PM PST by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: george76

I totally HATE CFL bulbs

They are more expensive and the light they produce is unpleasant to the eye, IMO.


25 posted on 01/13/2011 10:38:08 PM PST by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: Greysard
A 1987 report described a 23-month-old toddler who suffered anorexia, weight loss, irritability, profuse sweating, and peeling and redness of fingers and toes. This case of acrodynia was traced to exposure of mercury from a carton of 8-foot fluorescent light bulbs that had broken in a potting shed adjacent to the main nursery. The glass was cleaned up and discarded, but the child often used the area for play.

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Ah ha! So that's what models do--they lick fluorescent light bulbs!

26 posted on 01/13/2011 10:53:08 PM PST by Irenic
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To: Paladin2

You must be kidding!


27 posted on 01/13/2011 11:14:20 PM PST by golux
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To: KoRn

I shunned them... until GE came out with neodymium bulbs. The color is very pleasing.


28 posted on 01/13/2011 11:20:48 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: george76

These things need a warning label like a pack of cigarettes.


29 posted on 01/13/2011 11:24:57 PM PST by Lera
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To: azishot

If you break a CFL bulb in your living room, simply open the windows for 15-20 minutes, turn off the heat and leave the house. Go for a drive or something, or just stay in your car with the engine and heat on. When you return, the highly toxic components of the bulb may or may not still be in your house. You must vacuum and, if possible, hand-wash the living room and possibly the entire house very carefully. This should help keep you warm as your house reheats itself. With all burners on “FULL” this should take less than an hour.

It’s a small price to pay for the beauty and simplicity of one of those expensive, ugly, ineffective, headache-inducing “energy saving, environmental” bulbs!


30 posted on 01/13/2011 11:26:34 PM PST by golux
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To: golux

Do ya think?


31 posted on 01/13/2011 11:28:00 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Grams A
Upton is a retarded RINO who has no understanding of the concept of individual freedom from Big Sis Gov't meddling.

(Constitutionally) Retarded he is.

32 posted on 01/13/2011 11:32:03 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: TigersEye

“Nice kitty....”


33 posted on 01/13/2011 11:35:41 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: george76

The let this cat out of the bag early...way too early. They should have said nothing about the mercury until incandescents were completely gone.

In the case of car airbags decapitating kids - they knew enough to keep that under wraps, until airbags were fully phased in.

Sometimes even socialists make mistakes.


34 posted on 01/14/2011 2:15:13 AM PST by BobL
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To: gleeaikin

I don’t know about Lowe’s, but I do know that Home Depot has a drop off for old batteries and fluorescent bulbs. It is usually at the return desk area.


35 posted on 01/14/2011 2:28:00 AM PST by LexRex in TN ("A republic, if you can keep it.......")
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To: george76; enough_idiocy; meyer; Normandy; Whenifhow; TenthAmendmentChampion; Clive; scripter; ...
 


Beam me to Planet Gore !

36 posted on 01/14/2011 3:16:46 AM PST by steelyourfaith (ObamaCare Death Panels: a Final Solution to the looming Social Security crisis ?)
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To: george76

In addition the EPA Police (Mercury Control Division) will visit your home with a few “routine” questions. Have your documents ready and in order, please.


37 posted on 01/14/2011 3:36:54 AM PST by count-your-change (You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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To: Rocky

I’m guessing it’s a mercury compound rather than metallic mercury, so it might have different properties.


38 posted on 01/14/2011 3:44:02 AM PST by Yardstick
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To: golux

Here’s Mark Stein’s take on how Gov killed one of America’s greatest invention and U.S. job killing workforce. Send it around:

http://stream.rushlimbaugh.com/cgi-bin/stream.cgi?stream=clips/11/01/010311_1_repeal.wma&site=rushlimb&token=caCaXaodVdaa1aYcSdfdyaxb8a9chaGa6dH-bnkkgb-bWG-HAryHmm&type=windows_od&clips=&v=&start=&stop=&RL=


39 posted on 01/14/2011 4:24:58 AM PST by Whenifhow
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To: IncPen

Most of the people who wring their hands about the safety of CFLs probably spend 8 hours a day sitting under a veritable sea of 4-foot fluorescent light bulbs. Certainly those bulbs have bad stuff in them, too.


40 posted on 01/14/2011 4:35:57 AM PST by stranger and pilgrim
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