‘Oh yea, we also played with balls of Mercury. Now, as I have read, a simple broken CFL requires the full emergency dispatch of a hazmat team. ‘
That’s cause mercury vapor AIN’T liquid.
In fact most folks don’t know fluorescents contain about 100000000 times the concentration of mercury gas you should ever be exposed to
The EPA itself uses your example of grandmas thermometer to downplay this risk as they force everyone to use those crisp curly cue toxic nightmares to save the planet
FYI.
“In fact most folks don’t know fluorescents contain about 100000000 times the concentration of mercury gas you should ever be exposed to”
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So, one bulb has 100 million times more deadly vapor then one should get in a lifetime, and if one bulb breaks, I am breathing that in? Interesting, as I think that would be instant death.
If the vapor is THAT dangerous, why do they allow them to be sold? One other question...How does a hazmat team dispose of vapor/gas? I suspect that you are omitting other factors or reality.
Keep in mind, I do not like CFLs, but have had to use a few
due to lack of incandescent bulbs.