This crap needs to be repealed.
If you think that the only problem with Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs (CFLs) is safe disposal .... we’ve got news for you. CFL’s can also be a source of health hazard, toxic fumes and a fire hazard. Ask the Rick Jenkins family in Maryland who had their house burned to the ground because they connected a CFL to a dimmer switch.
http://www.wattworks.com/CFL%20Hazards.htm
While I am no fan of CFLs, let’s keep this in mind.
CFLs have 5 mg of HG or less.
If a million CFLs go into landfill and break and discharge ALL their HG, in liguid form, into the environment ... If I have done the math right ... That’s just about ONLY 2 (two) fluid ounces of HG.
Someone can check my math, but I think I am right.
Needs to be repealed.
But it won’t happen.
So why even bother complaining about it?
"Liberals' best intentions lead to unintended consequences."
I wonder if HAZMAT has in fact ever been called out for a cleanup. Not that reporters would report it, it would interfere with their night jobs of Democrat Propagandist.
Ugh, it was bad enough when the rabid leftists passed this around...
http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/cfl.asp
Exactly the point I made to my daughter just last night after I bought new bulbs. I have all ceramic tile floors, so the possible breakage factor goes up. I will continue to use incandescents as long as I can.
Just as they forced us to put bombs in our vehicle dashboards then prosecuted us if we sat children anywhere near them, they forced us to bring poisonous mercury into our houses so they can prosecute us for bringing children into that same house.
How many congressmen does it take to screw in a light bulb?
“We like to say “think of the children” but we really don't care how many die to get our agenda made into the iron-clad law of the land. We will not rest until all that you do is under complete government control.
Do you think it bothered us when our totalitarian brothers killed 100 million of you evil dissenters that dared to speak against their governments? It does not bother us now to have children die if we succeed with our aims to save the planet! Even if EVERYONE dies, at least we will have saved the planet. You selfish Conservatives worry about your own species surviving. HA! What about the poor cockroach or the rat that you crazy racist, rataphobe, roachaphobe, speciests try to murder daily!
Their blood is on your hands!
We do NOT care how many children die because of these light bulbs. It is worth it as long as we have our way. We don't like it so much that our own children will die (it's totally worth it to promote the green ideal—ATFER ALL WE CERTAINLY DON'T CARE IF OUR OWN CHILDREN DIE OR LIVE IN POVERTY DUE TO DRACONIAN CAP N’ TRADE LAWS), but we take great pleasure in knowing that the children of your side will die for our cause!
Let the children die and decrease the surplus population!”
(The Green Viewpoint certainly does not represent my own)
“...Both UVA and UVB, however, have been found to cause eye damage resulting in CATARACTS...”
Fluorescent light is created by electrical current exciting mercury vapor in either neon or argon gas, in turn producing plasma, which emits ultraviolet radiation. Both UVA and UVB waves are given off in this process, neither of which are safe. According to the American Journal of Epidemiology (1992), fluorescent lights were found to produce more than ten to thirty times the amount of UVB radiation than the sun. UVB rays, the shorter of the two, are far more damaging than UVA, having been linked to numerous health problems, including cancer. Both UVA and UVB, however, have been found to cause eye damage resulting in cataracts.
Wow, people should call the congress critters who passed this stupidity to come clean up the mercury mess.
There fixed it.
I have twice bought those light bulbs and at had one of them in the package already broken when I opened it. That and the fact that I didn’t find they actually last any longer (my house was built in 1940 so the fixtures weren’t made for those anyway) and the fact that I have a 20 month old son and I am back to buying the cheap domed bulbs where I can get a 12 pack at the Dollar General for less money than a two pack of the spiral bulbs.
LED bulbs are the answer, although the “bulb” version is relatively expensive at $20-$30 each, rather than the “directional” LEDs that are great in flashlights or spot lights, and security lights.
This time it really is Bush´s fault.
“...and [last] up to 10 times longer.
Bunk. I can buy four incadescent bulbs for $2.00 or one cfl for $4.00.
The CFL bulbs will last, from my experience twice as long as a regular bulb, not 10 times longer.
So it will cost me $2.00 for four bulbs, or $8.00 for two CFL bulbs for which I get the same ammunt of light.
Besides, the CFL bulbs gives the wife headaches.
I have one cfl bulb out now, I am just too lazy to get it replaced just now. The burned out bulb will go in the common trash so as to pollute the garbage dump.
How many congressmen does it take to screw UP a light bulb?
1/2 ???