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Mercury Contamination Vs. Energy-Efficient Lightbulbs

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the why-can't-it-just-be-easy dept.

phyrebyrd writes "How much money does it take to screw in a compact fluorescent lightbulb? About US$4.28 for the bulb and labor — unless you break the bulb. Then you, like Brandy Bridges of Ellsworth, Maine, could be looking at a cost of about US$2,004.28, which doesn't include the costs of frayed nerves and risks to health."

2 of 801 comments (clear)

  1. Re:How about LEDs then by nick_davison · · Score: 5, Funny

    Could someone convert those numbers in to candles per hundred-weight of coal for us Americans still using imperial measurements?

  2. Re:No, I buy nice ones. by Mister+Whirly · · Score: 5, Funny

    They were film prop fluorescents, not real ones. Film prop fluorescents have all the mercury removed and then replaced with asbestos, radium, and potassium cyanide...

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