Re: Bush's Parting Gift Ticks Under the Desk

just curious, but does anyone know where these bulbs are manufactured?

Sent from my iPhone

On Jun 12, 2011, at 5:29 PM, "Karl Swenson" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Yep.  CFLs contain mercury which is toxic, and in some states you are not
> legally allowed to just toss them.
> 
> And apparently just turning one on is bad, they say they emit phenol,
> naphthalene and styrene.
> 
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/8462626/Energy-saving-light-bulbs-contain-
> cancer-causing-chemicals.html
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of Peter T. Chattaway
> Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2011 2:27 PM
> To: DADL (off topic)
> Subject: Re: [DADL-OT] Bush's Parting Gift Ticks Under the Desk
> 
> On Sun, 12 Jun 2011, Karl Swenson wrote:
>> That's one.  There is also the cost of the disposal of CFLs as they are 
>> considered toxic waste and now we are getting reports of hazardous 
>> emissions.
> 
> I've been hearing that if the newfangled lights fall and break, there's a 
> heck of a lot more clean-up that needs to be done because of all the toxic 
> gases etc., whereas the older lightbulbs left you with nothing but broken 
> glass.
> 
> -- 
> dadl-ot mailing list
> http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us
> http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot
> 
> 
> -- 
> dadl-ot mailing list
> http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us
> http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot

-- 
dadl-ot mailing list
http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us
http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot