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That was the first link I found btw. There are other links like the following from the Environmental Protection Agency http://www2.epa.gov/cfl/cleaning-broken-c
by cgio 13y ago
That was the first link I found btw. There are other links like the following from the Environmental Protection Agency http://www2.epa.gov/cfl/cleaning-broken-cfl http://www2.epa.gov/cfl/cleaning-broken-cfl
if you think there is something with the validity of the article linked previously. It raises the same issues.
Furthermore, the discussion was not specifying incandescent, but I specified energy saving just in case.
- makomk 13y agoThose are just precautionary measures for people who are really worried about minimizing their mercury exposure. It's not a big deal unless you're breaking CFLs on a regular basis or dealing with some of the older fluorescent tubes; the amount of mercury they contain is tiny.
- cgio 13y agoThis is also explained in the last section of the EPA link. Nevertheless, it remains relevant in a discussion about putting bulbs in microwaves to have some fun. I would stick with incandescent, which apparently are also more fun.