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> if you throw out an incandescent bulb, it's really just some glass and a little metal Actually, one of those metals is lead (Pb), which is highly toxic, so b
by svantana 14y ago
> if you throw out an incandescent bulb, it's really just some glass and a little metal
Actually, one of those metals is lead (Pb), which is highly toxic, so be sure to recycle your incandescents! If nothing else, to lower crime rates...
http://www.economist.com/blogs/theworldin2013/2013/01/lead-and-crime http://www.economist.com/blogs/theworldin2013/2013/01/lead-a...
- ars 14y agoThe amount of lead in an incandescent light bulb is absolutely minuscule - if there is any there at all. I doubt there are any facilities at all that try to separate out the lead. All the metal is just melted together and the lead (if any) is diluted among it.