All fluorescent light bulbs contain mercury, a highly persistent and toxic chemical that is accumulating at dangerous levels in humans, fish, and wildlife throughout the United States. SUNY College of ...

GLENWOOD SPRINGS – A five-year resident of the Roaring Fork Valley who sells lighting supplies recently had a bright idea, and is now taking on the challenge of recycling light bulbs and other devices ...

On Feb. 10, The Forum published a letter from Carol Strache that raised the concern that the use of energy efficient compact fluorescent lamps carries a potential environmental threat from the mercury ...

Reporting from Walnut Creek, Calif. — The nation’s accelerating shift from incandescent lighting to a new generation of energy-efficient bulbs is raising an environmental concern: the release of tons ...

Fluorescent lighting uses less energy than comparably bright incandescent bulbs do. So switching to fluorescents will shave your energy bill. The big surprise: Relying on fluorescent lights may also ...

The purpose of their research is to highlight the concern of mercury in fluorescent light, which, as they say in their abstract, “is an important technology for reducing electrical energy demand.” ...

A problem with compact fluorescent (CFL) bulbs is that people are discarding them in the trash with their garbage carrier. I have mentioned this to several people but they don’t seem to want to be ...

For years, consumers have been urged to switch to CFLs, or compact fluorescent lights, which use about one-quarter of the electricity of incandescent bulbs. But unknown to many, CFLs come with a ...

The nation’s accelerating shift from incandescent bulbs to a new generation of energy-efficient lighting is raising an environmental concern — the release of tons of mercury every year. The most ...

The Lumen 200 Fluorescence Illumination System from Prior Scientific offers a powerful, cost effective alternative to traditional short arc Mercury vapour lamps and bulbs used in fluorescence ...

Incandescent bulbs do not contain mercury, but coal–fired power plants, which help to manufacture these incandescent bulbs, does emit mercury in their processes. CFLs are found as compact fluorescent ...