Originally Posted by catrancher
You get more mercury from eating fish than in a CFL.
True --- however....the issue I have is:
1) expensive
2) not reliable, therefore I would have to buy MORE
3) it's supporting China
4) not as much light so we're using MORE bulbs to see with.
The law was passed because of a knee jerk reaction to the "global warming" issue.....
Also -- fish do have more mercury, but if you ate 4 oz of Flounder every day for a week, you'd still be under the recommended limit. We don't eat the mercury in CFLs - that's why they consider them safe.
The other idiocy of the whole thing is the companies that insist on a HasMet team for cleanup -- NOT needed! It's a CYA reaction. The comment that you have to put broken CFLs in plastic bags. Well, that's supposedly to protect the garbage man. Our garbage men NEVER put their hands in your garbage!!!!!