California's new lightbulb rules...

[mistermack]

But, make sure if one breaks on your floor you send the kids to grannie's house for the night, and bring in a professional clean-up crew to deal with the mercury. Follow the three page instructions to avoid further contamination, and throw away any clothing and shoes that may have come in contact with the broken bulb or residue from inside the bulb....

Or open a window and bin it.
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[Coito ergo sum]

But, make sure if one breaks on your floor you send the kids to grannie's house for the night, and bring in a professional clean-up crew to deal with the mercury. Follow the three page instructions to avoid further contamination, and throw away any clothing and shoes that may have come in contact with the broken bulb or residue from inside the bulb....

Or open a window and bin it.
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And disregard the wise requirements of the government? I would never do such a thing...Federal Universal Waste Rule 40 CFR part 273 (Lamp Recycle Rule), and then we have to check our State laws and local city ordinances which may also cover recycling....gotta do it...wouldn't want to be a scofflaw...

Some states, like Maine, have recommended that the CFLs not be used in children's rooms, particularly infants and toddlers, because of the danger....gotta "protect the chill'run..." The gub'mint is certainly trustworthy in that regard...

[mistermack]

I suppose those mercury amalgum fillings they put in my teeth as a child explains a lot then.
I knew it wasn't my fault.
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[Coito ergo sum]

I suppose those mercury amalgum fillings they put in my teeth as a child explains a lot then.
I knew it wasn't my fault.
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Sue the dentist. You won't be able to sue the gubmint - gubmintal immunity and all....the gubmint gets protected from lawsuits, unlike private companies ...that's why it's better for the government to provide essential services - we can't sue them when the fuck up.