Re: CFL database

["Robert L Bass" <RobertLBass@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Dave Houston" wrote:
>
> Switching from incandescents to CFLs means a net increase in
> mercury.

That is patently untrue and I believe Dave knows it by now.

>> Just never get cut from a piece of broken glass from a 4' tube if
>> you don't want to have a medical issue - yet how many times over
>> the decades have you heard about this happening to anyone?

I do know of one horrific injury suffered as a result of a
fluorescent tube.  Many years ago a worker at Bristol-Meyers was
standing next to an open 55-gallon drum containing a flammable
solvent when an overhead tube came loose.  The falling tube struck
the edge of the drum and a spark set the vapors off, causing
extensive burns.  The victim's injuries were compounded by multiple
cuts from the shattered glass.

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Regards,
Robert L Bass

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