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Originally posted by mrstabby
Trouble is you're believing in the denial hype.
Ha!!

It's the twilight zone I tells ya, the twilight zone!!

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Here in South Africa there is a shortage of electricity (due to bad planning) so the government gave us new NFLs. They sure do last a lot longer than the incandescents.

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Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter
Mercury is a poisonous substance. So the next time I drop and break one of these new light bulbs, and the Mercury is running around the floor like a fly in a bottle, and the baby steps in it and the cat licks it up and the dog starts playing with it, should I just scoop it up and put it in the garbage can or should I call a Haz-Mat team to come by and pick it up?
No idea.

But if you put it in a landfill you'll be fine.

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Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter
"Don't believe the hype!" That's my ethos regarding "global warming."
'cept in that case, the hype is reality.

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don't forget the mecury in some of the oral thermometers.They probably have more mercury in them than the light bulb!How many of those are dropped and broken in an ave.household and the mercury is forgotton about,or if your elderly,you can't even see it on the floor anyway,or if someone gives you a cheery smack on the back to say hello,and you bite the thermometer,break it and get some mercury in your mouth....tasty!

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Originally posted by zeeblebot

With the CFL light bulb, the initial cost -- several times that of a regular light bulb -- is only the financial cost. A bigger problem is what to do if a CFL light bulb breaks.
You can find these bulbs on sale for less than 50p each, which may be several times more than you can get the more traditional varieties, but with longer life spans that makes them cheaper to buy before you even factor in running costs.

As others have said, they may contain mercury, which is toxic in vapour form, but the quanties and chances of being exposed are both extremely small.

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Originally posted by Peakite
You can find these bulbs on sale for less than 50p each, which may be several times more than you can get the more traditional varieties, but with longer life spans that makes them cheaper to buy before you even factor in running costs.

As others have said, they may contain mercury, which is toxic in vapour form, but the quanties and chances of being exposed are both extremely small.
I don't know if anyone has noticed, but they are are pretty tough breed of light bulb. I have dropped a few and have not had one break on me yet. In a similar scenario I would have had an incandescent shower of glass everywhere had I dropped the old thin as eggshell incandescent globe.