[Greenbuilding] CFL Breakage Results Indicate Unacceptable Danger

[sanjay jain]

Jane,

I've just returned from India and witnessed something alarming. People are burning CFLs! CFLs have become very popular in India, but most people are unaware of the mercury in them (or in other FL). Used bulbs are thrown in the trash like everything else. 

Community trash bins are provided by the city, and city trash collectors routinely set these bins alight, I assume so they don't have to haul away the trash. I shudder at the price future generations are going to pay for this stupidity.

~sanjay



Jane Talkington <greenqueen at hotmail.com> wrote: 
I am suspicious of CFL mercury gas. This 66-page report from the Environmental Protection office
of Maine details how much gas is in the air at 1 ft off the ground vs 5 ft off the ground.
breakage on carpet vs wood floor. clean up with vac vs. broom, ventilation for 5 min vs 15 min.
The devil is in the details.

Staggering. Alarming. Unacceptable, in my opinion.

http://maine.gov/dep/rwm/homeowner/cflreport.htm

Don't just read the executive summary, open the whole report and see the numbers
that go off the chart! When 300 nanoparts per million is acceptable and your baby's room goes
to 25,000 or even up to 100,000 we have a problem.

Jane Talkington


PhD student in "Sustainability"
Oklahoma State University, Environmental Science Program
Stillwater, OK 
GreenQueen at hotmail.com (405) 714-1919 


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