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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."

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  1. Jesus TFA is retarded by brunes69 · · Score: 0, Redundant
    I wonder how many times I have to paste the below link? This is about the 8th tim ei have done so foon a slashdot article. p> OK.... for starters.... if you dropped a thermometer on the ground and it broke would you call int he freaking EPA to do a $2000 decontamination?!?!?

    Of course not.

    Guess what... a thermometer has 400 times more mercury than a CFL . So do many of your other household products you use every day.

    Can we go back to saving energy and the air now? I don't want to die of skin cancer by 2012.

    Thanks.