Reply to a comment  Reply to this comment  geteducated writes:
in response to MerrieLong:  I'm all for doing everything I can
to be 'greener'. I recycle everything I am able to (and we have
more recycling items than garbage when we go to the dump every
weekend), I compost, keep chickens, have a garden...  I went to
the site you mentioned about cleaning up after breaking a CFL
bulb. It's a little unnerving that something as innocuous as a
light bulb, is NOT.  We have to:  -Clear the room of living
creatures -Open windows for 10 minutes to air out room -Shut off
CH&A -Sweep it up and then seal the clean-up items -Make sure
the broken bulb and clean up items are not left indoors -Leave
the windows open and the air off for several hours  Dear lord!
The only thing you had to worry about with an incandescent was
not stepping on the glass. Looks like dealing with these CFL's
are akin to handling nuclear waste.  I was all for switching to
CFL's until I read how Haz-mat-y you have to get to clean up
after them! I don