Posts Tagged ‘mercury’

Fluorescent bulbs (CFLs) are the corkscrew-shaped light bulbs that are everywhere these days. They last for many years and use a lot less electricity than traditional incandescent bulbs. In the long run, you will definitely save money by replacing the old bulbs in your home with CFLs.

There is one complication when buying CFLs. Like all fluorescent lighting, they have small amounts of mercury in them. Of course, mercury doesn’t stop us from buying thermometers and sticking them in all of our orifices, it shouldn’t stop us from slowing global warming either.