New lightbulbs comes with EPA instructions.

Cat · Jun 19, 2012

http://www.epa.gov/cfl/cflcleanup.html

Apparently while the incandescently aren't safe for our homes, it's a minor hazard when a new CLF style breaks.

It means we're all going to die of mercury poisoning in three to five years. :mamoru:

Scott.Thornton · Jun 19, 2012

Yeah the CFL bulbs are bad ju ju. I'll stick with incandescents for the time being, and wait till LEDs' come down in price and up in quality. Home depot accepts the CFLs' for recycling purposes at least.

jimdana1942 · Jun 19, 2012

The insanity going on in this world is just crazy.

CEHollier · Jun 19, 2012

jimdana1942 said:
The insanity going on in this world is just crazy.

Yea. Going green just might kill you. I think we should dispose of them by shoving them up the environmentalists asses.

kcinnick · Jun 19, 2012

The light bulb industry has been scamming us since its inception. They actually researched how to make the bulbs stop working at a certain number of hours! There are some old bulbs that have been running over 100 years. Only reason we don't have more is because companies engineered bulbs to fail.

Btl_Rkt_Sci · Jun 19, 2012

kcinnick said:
The light bulb industry has been scamming us since its inception. They actually researched how to make the bulbs stop working at a certain number of hours! There are some old bulbs that have been running over 100 years. Only reason we don't have more is because companies engineered bulbs to fail.

Planned obsolescense. There are some devices that literally have counters on them and after so many units of activity they'll stop working. Some people haev created downloads that fix them.

762NATO · Jun 19, 2012

CEHollier said:
Yea. Going green just might kill you. I think we should dispose of them by shoving them up the environmentalists asses.

Nice. Could we call it a new form of physical therapy?

Btl_Rkt_Sci · Jun 20, 2012

At an old job we got a safety e-mail about these bulbs where a guy was coming down from a ladder and stepped on one. Lost plenty of mass from his foot due to mercury poisoning. You could see all the bones and tendons and even see straight through to the other side of his foot.

Suburbazine · Jun 20, 2012

I like my Sylvania LEDs more and more already. Dimmable, reliable, warranty, bright, no projected heat (although the heatsink gets pretty hot) and energy efficient. I've cut the energy bill by about 25% with less than half the house converted.

Leonidas · Jun 20, 2012

I see a catch-22, here. Gov't forces us to buy these bulbs. Gov't then lists us as potential terrorists in possession of toxic substances. Hmmmm.

Hitman · Jun 20, 2012

You would have to break 50 of them with your teeth and BREATHE DEEP to even have the slightest chance of getting sick.

Just more :run:

to think about.

Suburbazine · Jun 20, 2012

You would die from glass ingestion before you died from the mercury lol.

Btl_Rkt_Sci · Jun 20, 2012

Hitman said:
You would have to break 50 of them with your teeth and BREATHE DEEP to even have the slightest chance of getting sick.

Just more to think about.

Not sure if this is in criticism of my post but yes the risk of injury from inhaling it is low, due to the vapor pressure of mercury. But the article I mentioned was a case where the guy had liquid mercury enter an open wound (created by the glass). I may have exagerrated a little when I said you could see through his foot but it's been a while since I saw it. Photo below.

Warning, GRAPHIC.

Hitman · Jun 20, 2012

jatwood87 said:
Not sure if this is in criticism of my post but yes the risk of injury from inhaling it is low, due to the vapor pressure of mercury. But the article I mentioned was a case where the guy had liquid mercury enter an open wound (created by the glass). I may have exagerrated a little when I said you could see through his foot but it's been a while since I saw it. Photo below.

Nope. That's why I didn't quote anyone

My post was aimed at the GAS side of the argument.

However that picture is defintely interesting. Gives me an idea for a Safety Class at work. Any more details?

Btl_Rkt_Sci · Jun 20, 2012

Hitman said:
Nope. That's why I didn't quote anyone

My post was aimed at the GAS side of the argument.

However that picture is defintely interesting. Gives me an idea for a Safety Class at work. Any more details?

Once I googled it, it turns out it's a pretty popular story for safety lessons...it wasn't anyone we knew through work or anything. That was one job ago also so I don't have the e-mail. BUT, on a google search for an article to share with you, I came across the snopes.com article first:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/medical/cfl.asp

Turns out our safety man, along with many others, may have been duped, as the status is "undetermined." I'm not volunteering for verification though.

Long story short, whether it's true or not I'd avoid stepping on the glass anyway, right?

sylvest · Jun 20, 2012

They sure cut my electric bill down. Say what yall want....I'll take the CFL's

Leonidas · Jun 20, 2012

The gov't also told a couple of hundred black fellas in Tuskegee that the experiments they were running on them were safe.

Hitman · Jun 20, 2012

jatwood87 said:
Once I googled it, it turns out it's a pretty popular story for safety lessons...it wasn't anyone we knew through work or anything. That was one job ago also so I don't have the e-mail. BUT, on a google search for an article to share with you, I came across the snopes.com article first:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/medical/cfl.asp

Turns out our safety man, along with many others, may have been duped, as the status is "undetermined." I'm not volunteering for verification though.

Long story short, whether it's true or not I'd avoid stepping on the glass anyway, right?

Right! the 4 foot bulbs are very thin and sharp too. Depending on how they break and fall could be very dangerous. I witnessed a guy hit one on accident in an office with a plastic ball bat. When he connected with it above his head he heard the pop and just froze while the glass came down on top of him. Then just like that he looked at his hand and it was bleeding, big time! Dude had a good 1 1/2 inch long almost half inch gaping hole on top his hand between his wrist and back pinky knuckle. It was like surgically cut. No rips just a perfect slice. In fact months later the slice was so clean he barely had a scar.

So yea it can be dangerous.

We recycle them at work. What's bad is they collect them in a 4 foot 21inch cylindrical cardboard container. It's highly unstable but awkward if laid down so folks tend to roll them like a drum. If you drop one *KABOOM*! One will burst and the others will follow instantly. Well when it happens the Container implodes in on itself. It's very a very unique sight to see.

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