[Greenbuilding] Broken CFL Bulbs

[Gennaro Brooks-Church - Eco Brooklyn]

Yes they do seem to take it very seriously. My take? I'd rather take the
risk of a broken bulb than the harm of using more energy. I've broken a lot
of those bulbs and not cleaned them up in any great way. Apart from my
normal insanity, depression and memory loss I didn't notice any mercury
poisoning effects. To reduce my exposure when they break I usually make my
kids clean up the mess. That was a joke.

Gennaro Brooks-Church
Director, Eco Brooklyn Inc.
Cell: 1 347 244 3016 USA
www.EcoBrooklyn.com
22 2nd St; Brooklyn, NY 11231


On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Eli Talking <elitalking at rockbridge.net>wrote:

>   We have been encouraged to use CFL bulbs to save energy which reduces
> pollution from the reduced production of power that it would take to feed
> that same amount of light of incandescent bulbs.  However, the mercury
> contained within is an environmental threat.  I felt incomplete when there
> was no way to dispose of burnt out bulbs until Lowe’s starting taking them
> locally.  However, how should we clean up the inevitable breakage in the
> home.
>
>  http://www2.epa.gov/cfl/cleaning-broken-cfl
>
>  describes the EPA’s answer to that.
>
>  My wife has picked up on this threat and has insisted we return to the
> inefficient incandescent.
>
>  Thoughts are appreciated on the response to the threat of broken cfl
> bulbs.
>
>  Are LED lights ready to replace the common side lamps?
>
>  Eli
>
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