<div dir="ltr">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. :)</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>Gennaro Brooks-Church<br>
Director, Eco Brooklyn Inc.<br>Cell: 1 347 244 3016 USA<br><a href="http://www.EcoBrooklyn.com" target="_blank">www.EcoBrooklyn.com</a><br>22 2nd St; Brooklyn, NY 11231<br></div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Benjamin Pratt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:benjamin.g.pratt@gmail.com" target="_blank">benjamin.g.pratt@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
G:<br>
sorry, I think my sense of humour has suffered after a difficult week!<br>
Ben<br>
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On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 12:23 PM, Gennaro Brooks-Church - Eco Brooklyn<br>
<<a href="mailto:info@ecobrooklyn.com">info@ecobrooklyn.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Ben,<br>
> I was actually joking around. I do take possible exposure seriously.<br>
> But I do feel the mercury in bulbs are a much better option than say using<br>
> more energy.<br>
><br>
> Gennaro Brooks-Church<br>
> Director, Eco Brooklyn Inc.<br>
> Cell: <a href="tel:1%20347%20244%203016" value="+13472443016">1 347 244 3016</a> USA<br>
> <a href="http://www.EcoBrooklyn.com" target="_blank">www.EcoBrooklyn.com</a><br>
> 22 2nd St; Brooklyn, NY 11231<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 1:07 PM, Benjamin Pratt <<a href="mailto:benjamin.g.pratt@gmail.com">benjamin.g.pratt@gmail.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Gennaro--<br>
>> just because you have not noticed any health effects from exposure, it<br>
>> does not mean it id not harming you or others around you. The effects<br>
>> could take years to manifest themselves, and may be attributed to<br>
>> other things.<br>
>> I would strongly encourage you to look at the science, and not<br>
>> anecdotal evidence, and for your sake, refrain from breaking<br>
>> fluorescent lights.<br>
>> Ben<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 10:35 AM, Michael O'Brien <<a href="mailto:obrien@hevanet.com">obrien@hevanet.com</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>> > Hi, Eli--<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Your wife is right to be concerned about mercury. However, if your<br>
>> > electricity is being generated by a coal-fired power plant, it is<br>
>> > putting<br>
>> > more mercury into the atmosphere than the broken bulb. I mean, the<br>
>> > amount of<br>
>> > mercury in the bulb is only a fraction of the mercury that the bulb's<br>
>> > electricity use creates. It's just more immediately obvious when the<br>
>> > source<br>
>> > is at your feet.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > In our house we use a mix of CFLs and halogens. The halogens are 20W<br>
>> > floods<br>
>> > on tracks that run off a common 600W transformer, which makes the<br>
>> > individual<br>
>> > fixtures inexpensive. We like the brighter, contrastier light for some<br>
>> > functions, like reading or working at the dining room table. At 20W each<br>
>> > the<br>
>> > power consumption is not horrible.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Best,<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Mike O'Brien<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Mike O'Brien Photography<br>
>> > <a href="http://mikeoregon.zenfolio.com" target="_blank">mikeoregon.zenfolio.com</a><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > On Feb 22, 2013, at 8:07 AM, Eli Talking wrote:<br>
>> ><br>
>> > We have been encouraged to use CFL bulbs to save energy which reduces<br>
>> > pollution from the reduced production of power that it would take to<br>
>> > feed<br>
>> > that same amount of light of incandescent bulbs. However, the mercury<br>
>> > contained within is an environmental threat. I felt incomplete when<br>
>> > there<br>
>> > was no way to dispose of burnt out bulbs until Lowe’s starting taking<br>
>> > them<br>
>> > locally. However, how should we clean up the inevitable breakage in the<br>
>> > home.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > <a href="http://www2.epa.gov/cfl/cleaning-broken-cfl" target="_blank">http://www2.epa.gov/cfl/cleaning-broken-cfl</a><br>
>> ><br>
>> > describes the EPA’s answer to that.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > My wife has picked up on this threat and has insisted we return to the<br>
>> > inefficient incandescent.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Thoughts are appreciated on the response to the threat of broken cfl<br>
>> > bulbs.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Are LED lights ready to replace the common side lamps?<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Eli<br>
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