Mercury in CFLs dangerous to children and fetuses

Submitted by neha_77 on Fri, 03/06/2009 - 06:49. ::

Children's Health

I came across an article talking about hazardous effects of mercury in the CFLs bulbs on unborn babies and children. We simply throw them away when they stop working without realizing the effects. Unfortunately we don’t have proper infrastructure to dispose and recycle them. Guess the best option is to stop using them completely or may be ban them too!!

Yeah I've heard about this,

Submitted by Isabelle on Fri, 03/13/2009 - 07:40.

Yeah I've heard about this, too. I've also heard that CFLs emit radiation.

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