Let us Light the way......

[MEGALOUD]

ENERGY SAVER LIGHT BULBS!


This is very interesting as well as informative. Hope you enjoy it.

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[AvianGuitarist]

Cool; now I know what to throw at my neighbor when he mows his lawn every other day!

[AvianGuitarist]

These things are actually quite dangerous; check out this link:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...-room-now.html

[Phantom00700]

I accidentally broke one in the basement once, and they're really not that hard to clean up. Although I do agree with the fact that we need to have even safer alternatives. What a twisted world we live in when we can't even purchase the light bulbs we want.

[AvianGuitarist]

Here's what you need to do if you break one:



'Official advice from the Department of the Environment states that if a low-energy bulb is smashed, the room needs to be vacated for at least 15 minutes.

A vacuum cleaner should not be used to clear up the debris, and care should be taken not to inhale the dust.

Instead, rubber gloves should be used, and the broken bulb put into a sealed plastic bag - which should be taken to the local council for disposal.

Unbroken used bulbs can be taken back to the retailer if the owner is a member of the Distributor Takeback Scheme.

Otherwise, many local waste disposal sites now have the facilities to safely collect and dispose of old bulbs.

However, this advice is not printed on the packaging that low-energy bulbs are sold in.'

The old bulbs are slowly being taken off the market and only the new "mercury bulbs" are becoming available. For some reason, they want all of our homes full of mercury bulbs that can be broken easily.