The overlords won’t be happy with the CFL bulbs until people start suffering and (in their eyes hopefully) dying from the mercury exposure.
Awaiting another law firm commercial....if you’ve been harmed by CFL bulbs, contact so & so!
I doubt that many people will be dropping over dead from mercury exposure as a result of these bulbs.
But we don't really know what the overall impact will be. People will certainly not follow the recommended procedure for handling or disposing of broken bulbs, or of burned-out bulbs. It seem irresponsible to require that everyone use these bulbs until more is known.
The second article in the series addresses performance of the bulbs.