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12-15-2013, 09:39 AM

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linhawk

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Quote:

Originally Posted by barri1

I switched awhile ago. The incandescent light have mercury in them, and they are a hazmet problem.

Compact florescent bulbs contain mercury. Don't know about incandescent. Around my sewing machine, I use the ones Bonnie Hunter uses. They are great and inexpensive. $10 or $12 if I remember correctly.

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[TD]TRUE: CFLs contain mercury, a potentially dangerous substance.[/TD]
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[TD]TRUE: While mercury stays safely contained in intact CFLs, it escapes from broken CFLs into the immediate surroundings.[/TD]
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[TD]FALSE: The amount of mercury contained in one CFL bulb poses a grave danger to a home's inhabitants.[/TD]
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[TD]TRUE: The breakage of a CFL bulb needs to be handled with care and certain procedures should be followed in removing the broken bulb and its contents from a home. [/TD]
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[TD]FALSE: The mercury dispersed by one broken CFL bulb needs to be dealt with only by an environmental clean-up crew.[/TD]
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