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CFLs and mercury Updated: 07 Aug 2009

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No Safe Levels of Mercury. Posted by: darikidy 02 Feb 2010 9:39pm

It is interesting to say that there is too little mercury in lightbulbs to cause a major health problem. No amount of heavy metals are safe for the human body and can affect different people in a number of different ways. This has been illustrated for us after doing a mercury detox on our 7 year old son. He had been 'just not right' for years and now 'coincidentally' following detox is a different kid.
There are no mercury lightbulbs in our house!

CFL collection points Posted by: Allan Wright 13 Oct 2009 9:02pm

Why cant retailers become collection points for old domestic CFLs and batteries? I don't know for sure but most people cant be bothered driving to the council collection places, so probably throw them out with the other stuff bound for the landfill.