CFL bulbs: The U.S. EPA guidelines and the debate over mercury
There is a dark side to those brilliant compact fluorescent light bulbs that are displacing old-fashioned incandescents.
It's mercury, a heavy metal that even in small amounts can cause neurological problems in children and infants.sub-package and silicone resin package. Resin package prices cheaper, because the thermal performance dsttマジコン a bit weak, others are the same. Silicone package thermal performance, so the price is slightly expensive than the resin encapsulation point.
Today's CFL bulbs contain an average of 4 milligrams of the metallic element in the sealed glass tube.There are many small packaging plant the absence of color separation machine, so regardless of fluorescent bulbs or color, or is contracted out. This is difficult to guarantee the quality That's about as much material as the ink on the tip of a gel pen.
In other words, you would need more than 7,000 bulbs to get even an ounce of mercury.
Still, even that tiny amount is likely to create widespread confusion and frustration among consumers as the country switches to CFLs. You're likely to hear conflicting views about the mercury threat, and you'll learn that broken bulbs are a nuisance to clean up.
But you won't have much choice. Old-fashioned incandescent bulbs will be phased out between 2012 and 2014 because they don't meet new federal efficiency standards. Other technologies are under development, but most families will switch to CFL bulbs in the meantime.
Not that mercury is anything new in the home.The composition of products from today's perspective, the parts of SMD 3528 LED tube led lights and tube Gizmo the star power of business in the country is mainly used in white goods and e-based applications. Fluorescent lighting contains mercury, too. Those 4-foot tubular fluorescent fixtures on your kitchen or workroom ceiling might contain 5 milligrams,Led Tube with the use of the chip: the chip has made, and the Taiwan chip, as well as led tube imports of chips. Different chips, prices vary widely. Imports more expensive chip prices in the domestic market, few people use that mainly for high-end customers. or if the bulbs are really old,with Rolling Method of copper attached to the FPC on - because FPC with copper foil sky lanterns has excellent adhesion, copper foil adhesion strength and high temperature, 260 can be immersed in the molten solder from the solder without bubble. 10 milligrams.
The mercury thermometer in the bathroom medicine cabinet contains at least 500 milligrams of mercury - as much as 125 CFL bulbs.
Mercury's minute presence in a CFL is essential if you want the bulb to light. When the bulb is turned on, the mercury becomes a gas. It's perfectly safe - unless you break the bulb in your home. Then you've got that gaseous element in the air.
Experts agree that children, especially infants, and pregnant women should not be exposed to mercury at any concentration.
But there is uncertainty about the extent of the danger the exposure to so little of the stuff might pose. For certain, the risk increases the longer the exposure.
The main thing for a consumer to remember, they say, is to properly clean up the debris when one breaks -- in order to make sure the mercury really is out of the house.
Also, they suggest that maybe you shouldn't use CFL bulbs in the baby's room or in a lamp that can be knocked over easily.
So, how do you clean up a broken CFL or fluorescent tube?
There is a dark side to those brilliant compact fluorescent light bulbs that are displacing old-fashioned incandescents.
It's mercury, a heavy metal that even in small amounts can cause neurological problems in children and infants.sub-package and silicone resin package. Resin package prices cheaper, because the thermal performance dsttマジコン a bit weak, others are the same. Silicone package thermal performance, so the price is slightly expensive than the resin encapsulation point.
Today's CFL bulbs contain an average of 4 milligrams of the metallic element in the sealed glass tube.There are many small packaging plant the absence of color separation machine, so regardless of fluorescent bulbs or color, or is contracted out. This is difficult to guarantee the quality That's about as much material as the ink on the tip of a gel pen.
In other words, you would need more than 7,000 bulbs to get even an ounce of mercury.
Still, even that tiny amount is likely to create widespread confusion and frustration among consumers as the country switches to CFLs. You're likely to hear conflicting views about the mercury threat, and you'll learn that broken bulbs are a nuisance to clean up.
But you won't have much choice. Old-fashioned incandescent bulbs will be phased out between 2012 and 2014 because they don't meet new federal efficiency standards. Other technologies are under development, but most families will switch to CFL bulbs in the meantime.
Not that mercury is anything new in the home.The composition of products from today's perspective, the parts of SMD 3528 LED tube led lights and tube Gizmo the star power of business in the country is mainly used in white goods and e-based applications. Fluorescent lighting contains mercury, too. Those 4-foot tubular fluorescent fixtures on your kitchen or workroom ceiling might contain 5 milligrams,Led Tube with the use of the chip: the chip has made, and the Taiwan chip, as well as led tube imports of chips. Different chips, prices vary widely. Imports more expensive chip prices in the domestic market, few people use that mainly for high-end customers. or if the bulbs are really old,with Rolling Method of copper attached to the FPC on - because FPC with copper foil sky lanterns has excellent adhesion, copper foil adhesion strength and high temperature, 260 can be immersed in the molten solder from the solder without bubble. 10 milligrams.
The mercury thermometer in the bathroom medicine cabinet contains at least 500 milligrams of mercury - as much as 125 CFL bulbs.
Mercury's minute presence in a CFL is essential if you want the bulb to light. When the bulb is turned on, the mercury becomes a gas. It's perfectly safe - unless you break the bulb in your home. Then you've got that gaseous element in the air.
Experts agree that children, especially infants, and pregnant women should not be exposed to mercury at any concentration.
But there is uncertainty about the extent of the danger the exposure to so little of the stuff might pose. For certain, the risk increases the longer the exposure.
The main thing for a consumer to remember, they say, is to properly clean up the debris when one breaks -- in order to make sure the mercury really is out of the house.
Also, they suggest that maybe you shouldn't use CFL bulbs in the baby's room or in a lamp that can be knocked over easily.
So, how do you clean up a broken CFL or fluorescent tube?
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