Reply #17: Have to find a new line in FUD to stop people buying LED bulbs!

[Nihil]

> Do these ones have mercury in them?

Don't worry, LED bulbs don't have mercury in them. :hi:

> The flourescent (sic) ones have mercury, and I won't switch for
> that reason alone.

Keep them off your diet and you'll be just fine :P

> I read an article about a lady who broke one in her home.
> She called to get a team over to measure the mercury levels in
> her home and her entire home was condemned for dangerous levels.
> For one bulb.

Bullshit.

There is no way that the amount of mercury in one CFL would be enough
to condemn anything except any foodstuffs that might have been below
it when she broke the bulb.

You'd have to be eating it or sniffing it for the mercury in a CFL to
be harmful and, even then, you'll probably be taking in more from
seafood and certainly more from any old fillings that you have had
(not to mention breathing it if you are anywhere near a coal-fired
power station).

Why do some people try every poxy excuse under the sun to justify
their laziness when it comes to even making a start at becoming more
energy efficient?