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Saturday, January 5. 2008

Health Risk from breaking Low Energy light bulbs

Posted by
Adrian Hollister
in Green Issues at 11:28
"The Environment Agency has called for more information to be made available on the health and environmental risks posed by low-energy light bulbs."

BBC News reports on the mercury in Low Energy light bulbs.

Environment Agency Web Site

Is this really a concern though? I just wonder how many nasty chemicals go into the production of standard light bulbs as well.
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