Mercury filled light bulbs?!
Question: Mercury filled light bulbs.?
Are there any bad side effects that come about when exposed to mercury light bulbs.?Health Question & Answer
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Compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) and other fluorescent light bulbs contain small amounts of mercury. For example, an average CFL contains 5 milligrams or about 1/100th of the amount of mercury found in a mercury fever thermometer. By comparison, older thermometers contain about 500 milligrams of mercury. It would take 100 CFLs to equal that amount.
No mercury is released when the bulbs are intact or in use; exposure is possible only when a bulb has been broken.
Lots of information on this. I've given you a link on spills and health effects, but it would take a lot of exposure to have most of these. : )Health Question & Answer
No mercury is released when the bulbs are intact or in use; exposure is possible only when a bulb has been broken.
Lots of information on this. I've given you a link on spills and health effects, but it would take a lot of exposure to have most of these. : )Health Question & Answer
http://www.epa.gov/mercury/spills/index....
http://www.epa.gov/mercury/effects.htmHealth Question & Answer
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