You are correct about the same amount of mercury going back into the
environment, however, the ultra cheap Wal-Mart spent bulbs will not be going
back to China!

Food for thought:

http://1url.org/go/1ia8j


"RHF" wrote in message
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OBtSWL,

This would be the same amount of Mercury that came out of the Ground.

Was processed into the CFL Bulb.

And when the CFL Blub is disposed-of it : That same amount
of Mercury will be going back into the Ground.

net sum equal - imho ~ RHF
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On Jan 3, 2:36 pm, "Old Benny the SWL" wrote:
Tester wrote:
While it sounds like a promising idea, it turns out that the
long-lasting, swirl-shaped light bulbs known as compact fluorescent
lamps are to the nation's energy problem what vegetables are to its
obesity epidemic: a near perfect answer, if only Americans could be
persuaded to swallow them.Don't forget that EVERY one of those CF's
contain
one drop of MERCURY.

(yes....that Mercury, known as element HG)

So much for enviornmental care when these things
start to end up in the waste stream !!!

HA !!!!!!!