[ADemocratNoMore]

> I wonder if HAZMAT has in fact ever been called out for a cleanup.

I remember seeing on the local TV news a few years ago that, when somebody dropped a mercury thermometer on a city street they closed the street for a few days while the guys in the moon suits cleaned up the spill.

While, on the surface, this is farcical, consider the fact that (this is just a guess, but I'm probably close to the mark), the cleanup company is charging in the neighborhood of $100 per hour for each moonsuit guy and paying him minimum wadge. Just another racket to get rich at the expense o the taxpaying citizen.

[Never on my watch]

When the time comes, the eco-nuts will play the mercury card and congress will mandate a hazardous waste deposit/disposal fee (federal tax) for each CFL bulb. Areas where these bulbs were disposed of will become Superfund sites. And Washington will smile...