RHF wrote:
BpnJ,

ABOUT - Mercury
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(element)

Organic Mercury Compounds {Methyl-Mercury} Meta-Mercury ?
http://www.greenfacts.org/glossary/m...-compounds.htm
IIRC - When they build a Dam {Reservoir} one of the things
that they have found that they need to do is remove all the
Trees and other Vegetation : Because most of it has some
Organic Mercury in it and as it Decays under the Water and
is Consumed by the Animals, Plants and Fish in the Water
the Organic Mercury then enters the Human Food Chain.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reservoir_(water)

Scientific Facts on Mercury {Q&A}
http://www.greenfacts.org/mercury/index.htm

Mercury and its Many Forms
http://www.calpoison.org/public/mercury.html

Thanks for this.

While CFL Bulbs do use and consume Mercury via Electrical
Generation.

Not exactly - they contain mercury and it is part of the
light-production process. No mercury is consumed - the lifetime
starting mass is equal to the lifetime ending mass.

Over their Rated Service Life they us less Mercury
then the same number of Incandescent Bulbs required for that
CFL's Rated Service Life period that have the same Rated Light
Output : Because they use much less energy and the production
of Energy results in the by product of Mercury in our Air and Water.

How so? How does energy consumption and production result in
signficant mercury release?

In any case, a CFL bulb or any other FL bulb concentrates mercury in a
way that few other products will nowadays. It is this concentration -
possibly within reach of a person and their skin/mouth - that presents
the problem. There may be a great deal of mercury out and about in the
environment (and it also concentrates at the top of the food chain, in
fish especially), but in minute forms and scattered as it is, it is not
likely to affect any individual if that individual is careful not to
ingest high-merc foods.

BJ