[Greenbuilding] Broken CFL Bulbs

[Gennaro Brooks-Church - Eco Brooklyn]

Ben,
I was actually joking around. I do take possible exposure seriously.
But I do feel the mercury in bulbs are a much better option than say using
more energy.

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 1:07 PM, Benjamin Pratt
<benjamin.g.pratt at gmail.com>wrote:

> Gennaro--
> just because you have not noticed any health effects from exposure, it
> does not mean it id not harming you or others around you. The effects
> could take years to manifest themselves, and may be attributed to
> other things.
>   I would strongly encourage you to look at the science, and not
> anecdotal evidence, and for your sake, refrain from  breaking
> fluorescent lights.
> Ben
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 10:35 AM, Michael O'Brien <obrien at hevanet.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi, Eli--
> >
> > Your wife is right to be concerned about mercury. However, if your
> > electricity is being generated by a coal-fired power plant, it is putting
> > more mercury into the atmosphere than the broken bulb. I mean, the
> amount of
> > mercury in the bulb is only a fraction of the mercury that the bulb's
> > electricity use creates. It's just more immediately obvious when the
> source
> > is at your feet.
> >
> > In our house we use a mix of CFLs and halogens. The halogens are 20W
> floods
> > on tracks that run off a common 600W transformer, which makes the
> individual
> > fixtures inexpensive. We like the brighter, contrastier light for some
> > functions, like reading or working at the dining room table. At 20W each
> the
> > power consumption is not horrible.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Mike O'Brien
> >
> > Mike O'Brien Photography
> > mikeoregon.zenfolio.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Feb 22, 2013, at 8:07 AM, Eli Talking 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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