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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (331652)	4/3/2007 10:01:30 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572719

"Wonderful, CJ. So if a CF bulb breaks, I'll get the equivalent mercury dosage of two years worth of coal plant emissions?" I'd suggest you don't hold the bulb over a heat source and inhale the vapors. Aside from whatever will exist in the gas in the tube due to the partial pressure, most of the mercury is going to be in a liquid form. At least, that which isn't bound to the phosphors or the electrode as happens over time. This, by the way, is the primary failure mode of CF bulbs. So I wouldn't suggest you eat the phosphors or drink the mercury. Licking the electrodes is probably contra-indicated also.