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Posted: Mon Jun 16th, 2008 03:34 am |
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I have them in My house but I think i may get rid of them after hearing this
http://youtube.com/watch?v=e-LOtKIIKcg
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RNpara
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Posted: Mon Jun 16th, 2008 03:56 am |
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ronron wrote: I have them in My house but I think i may get rid of them after hearing this
http://youtube.com/watch?v=e-LOtKIIKcg
OMG, that is just funny, i actually use those, but i may have to stop
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SouthernRain
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Posted: Mon Jun 16th, 2008 04:04 am |
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| We replaced all of our regular bulbs with those and our power bill is about $50 less each month over last year. It cost a bit to replace them all but they paid for themselves in about 4 months and they are supposed to last like 10 years or something...
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coggers420
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Posted: Mon Jun 16th, 2008 09:45 am |
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I was unaware that legislation had been passed regarding these bulbs
I don't use them because I knew about the mercury content and disposal methods
many people will use them and not know the proper disposal methods...I think by using these bulbs to save energy...we are putting our environment at risk
I can't see where the savings is worth the risk
rather than push these dangerous bulbs...they should be pushing solar ...wind and water power sources which are safe and efficient
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Posted: Mon Jun 16th, 2008 10:31 am |
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ronron wrote: I have them in My house but I think i may get rid of them after hearing this
http://youtube.com/watch?v=e-LOtKIIKcg
Made in China! does this mean these blubs will kill us! The dog food from China! The toys from China! what's next? Don't believe I will buy any more of these bulbs either.
If the warnings say to ask all to leave the room, who is to clean up the mess? What happens to the person left in the room to sweep and wipe up the mess the broken blub leaves behind? Things that make you go ... hmmmm
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Posted: Mon Jun 16th, 2008 11:14 am |
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ponitail wrote: ronron wrote: I have them in My house but I think i may get rid of them after hearing this
http://youtube.com/watch?v=e-LOtKIIKcg
Made in China! does this mean these blubs will kill us! The dog food from China! The toys from China! what's next? Don't believe I will buy any more of these bulbs either.
If the warnings say to ask all to leave the room, who is to clean up the mess? What happens to the person left in the room to sweep and wipe up the mess the broken blub leaves behind? Things that make you go ... hmmmm
Oh it is not that bad, they just get a little twisted up is all.
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ponitail
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Posted: Mon Jun 16th, 2008 12:08 pm |
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Deaglos wrote: ponitail wrote: ronron wrote: I have them in My house but I think i may get rid of them after hearing this
http://youtube.com/watch?v=e-LOtKIIKcg
Made in China! does this mean these blubs will kill us! The dog food from China! The toys from China! what's next? Don't believe I will buy any more of these bulbs either.
If the warnings say to ask all to leave the room, who is to clean up the mess? What happens to the person left in the room to sweep and wipe up the mess the broken blub leaves behind? Things that make you go ... hmmmm
Oh it is not that bad, they just get a little twisted up is all.
lol loving it! have a great day!
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SouthernRain
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Posted: Mon Jun 16th, 2008 12:48 pm |
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Of course, anybody who is AGAINST using these bulbs is going to come up with all sorts of dangerous things about them. The bottom line is...they do save energy...and until we can do something greener, we should try to do whatever we can. I don't see that the mercury can be that big of a deal. Mercury is in all the thermometers used to take our temperatures when we were kids and we all turned out fine. I'm sure one or two of us has even had one break while we were around. The amount that is in them is probably very small like a thermometer.
The whole being from China part bothers me more than the mercury!! It seems like China is trying to kill us a little bit at a time!!
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Waterhead
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Posted: Mon Jun 16th, 2008 05:52 pm |
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Honest to God, if it's that big a deal, why don't they dip the danged bulbs in a clear plastic coating before they sell them? Duh.
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coggers420
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Posted: Mon Jun 16th, 2008 06:38 pm |
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yes..mercury is present in items such as antique organs, pendulum clocks.. washing machines..light switches and even jewelry
since reading this topic..I looked up some info on EPA website...actually..coal powered power plants are our biggest source of mercury poisoning...I'm glad I read up on the subject more because I have found out that I was NOT informed
here are a few facts:
CFLs contain a very small amount of mercury sealed within the glass tubing – an average of 4 milligrams – aboutthe amount that would cover the tip of a ballpoint pen. By comparison, older thermometers contain about 500 milligrams of mercury – an amount equal to the mercury in 125 CFLs.
EPA estimates the U.S. is responsible for the release of 104 metric tons of mercury emissions each year.
if all 290 million CFLs sold in 2007 were sent to a landfill (versus recycled, as a worst case) – they would add 0.13 metric tons, or 0.1 percent, to U.S. mercury emissions caused by humans
SouthernRain wrote: Of course, anybody who is AGAINST using these bulbs is going to come up with all sorts of dangerous things about them. The bottom line is...they do save energy...and until we can do something greener, we should try to do whatever we can. I don't see that the mercury can be that big of a deal. Mercury is in all the thermometers used to take our temperatures when we were kids and we all turned out fine. I'm sure one or two of us has even had one break while we were around. The amount that is in them is probably very small like a thermometer.
The whole being from China part bothers me more than the mercury!! It seems like China is trying to kill us a little bit at a time!!
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Posted: Mon Jun 16th, 2008 07:53 pm |
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I played with mercury all the time when I was a kid, chewed on lead paint windows and toys, and chewed on alsphalt. Drank out of creeks and ate pork 3 days later. I ask before, am I still alive. A woman recently dropped one of these and it said call HazMat. Cost her $2,000. Want to save energy, one light per room, turn off the extra TV's, crank up the AC's. If you want to be green, go ahead, but be willing to obey the law and pay.....why do they call it green? I have a few of these and they last about a year, but the light is good for my camera. I breath out Carbon, now they want to tax my footprint. 
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coggers420
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Posted: Tue Jun 17th, 2008 12:39 am |
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ROP wrote:
I played with mercury all the time when I was a kid, chewed on lead paint windows and toys, and chewed on alsphalt. Drank out of creeks and ate pork 3 days later.
Oh....well that explains it...
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ponitail
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Posted: Tue Jun 17th, 2008 12:59 am |
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ROP wrote: I played with mercury all the time when I was a kid, chewed on lead paint windows and toys, and chewed on alsphalt. Drank out of creeks and ate pork 3 days later. I ask before, am I still alive. A woman recently dropped one of these and it said call HazMat. Cost her $2,000. Want to save energy, one light per room, turn off the extra TV's, crank up the AC's. If you want to be green, go ahead, but be willing to obey the law and pay.....why do they call it green? I have a few of these and they last about a year, but the light is good for my camera. I breath out Carbon, now they want to tax my footprint.
ROP..now I completely understand! Let me talk to Mrs. P!
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Posted: Tue Jun 17th, 2008 12:59 am |
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| Holy Moly! Someone just broke one of those bulbs on my bedside table! I guess I will be sleeping in a tent in my yard tonight. If my hair starts falling out and my lips start peeling, we know these bulbs are a menace.
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Posted: Tue Jun 17th, 2008 01:04 am |
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GoWithTheFlow wrote: Holy Moly! Someone just broke one of those bulbs on my bedside table! I guess I will be sleeping in a tent in my yard tonight. If my hair starts falling out and my lips start peeling, we know these bulbs are a menace.
my name is haz..let me stop and pick up mat..will be on the way! 
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