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An energy saving bulb has gone - evacuate the room now!
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Energy-saving light bulbs are so dangerous that everyone must leave the room for at least 15 minutes if one falls to the floor and breaks, a Government department warned yesterday.
The startling alert came as health experts also warned that toxic mercury inside the bulbs can aggravate a range of problems including migraines and dizziness.
And a leading dermatologist said tens of thousands of people with skin complaints will find it hard to tolerate being near the bulbs as they cause conditions such as eczema to flare up.
The Department for Environment warned shards of glass from broken bulbs should not be vacuumed up but instead swept away by someone wearing rubber gloves to protect them from the bulb's mercury content.
In addition, it said care should be taken not to inhale any dust and the broken pieces should be put in a sealed plastic bag for disposal at a council dump ? not a normal household bin.
None of this advice, however, is printed on the packaging the new-style bulbs are sold in. There are also worries over how the bulbs will be disposed of. |
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By *umpkinMan
over a year ago
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Daft thing is these energy saving light bulbs have been around for years in a larger form - flourescent tubes! We never had any problems with them although now there are specialist recycling facilities for tubes and bulbs alike now they`ve caught up with what we`ve been doing for years! |
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"Daft thing is these energy saving light bulbs have been around for years in a larger form - flourescent tubes! "
I remember the "Florescent Tubes" Exploding over our head in school and covering us in broken glass and white powder FFS..  obviously before they invented the plastic covers that go over them now lol  |
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"Daft thing is these energy saving light bulbs have been around for years in a larger form - flourescent tubes! We never had any problems with them although now there are specialist recycling facilities for tubes and bulbs alike now they`ve caught up with what we`ve been doing for years!"
we used to use them as lightsabres,then when we got bored with them we would throw them off the shed,,what a satisfying smash they made,lol |
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we used to use them as lightsabres,then when we got bored with them we would throw them off the shed,,what a satisfying smash they made,lol"
Friend of mine and his son got asked to leave B & Q for using tubes as light sabres |
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"Energy-saving light bulbs are so dangerous that everyone must leave the room for at least 15 minutes if one falls to the floor and breaks, a Government department warned yesterday.
The startling alert came as health experts also warned that toxic mercury inside the bulbs can aggravate a range of problems including migraines and dizziness.
And a leading dermatologist said tens of thousands of people with skin complaints will find it hard to tolerate being near the bulbs as they cause conditions such as eczema to flare up.
The Department for Environment warned shards of glass from broken bulbs should not be vacuumed up but instead swept away by someone wearing rubber gloves to protect them from the bulb's mercury content.
In addition, it said care should be taken not to inhale any dust and the broken pieces should be put in a sealed plastic bag for disposal at a council dump ? not a normal household bin.
None of this advice, however, is printed on the packaging the new-style bulbs are sold in. There are also worries over how the bulbs will be disposed of."
but then a toxicologist states that you are only at risk of short term danger if you smashed 5 bulbs in a small unventilated room, breking just one is not too much of a hazard.
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