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Old 03-15-2015, 09:40 PM   #223 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by jamesqf View Post
Well, that explains a lot, as it evidences a tendency to believe hysterical baloney rather than checking out the facts.
You get more mercury living downwind from a coal burning power plant than from a broken CFL in your house.

For the record, LED lamps are only now beginning to achieve similar luminous efficacy to CFLs. They'll get better still but they're not there yet.
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