[Greenbuilding] Broken CFL Bulbs

Gennaro Brooks-Church - Eco Brooklyn info at ecobrooklyn.com
Fri Feb 22 12:42:43 CST 2013


Maybe. But that supposes my sense of humor is actually recognizable. But
you probably just have brain fog from all the chemicals we are exposed to.
:)

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 1:28 PM, Benjamin Pratt
<benjamin.g.pratt at gmail.com>wrote:

> G:
> sorry, I think my sense of humour has suffered after a difficult week!
> Ben
>
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 12:23 PM, Gennaro Brooks-Church - Eco Brooklyn
> <info at ecobrooklyn.com> wrote:
> > 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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