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The Truth about CFL

How Much Mercury Is In One CFL?

About As Much As A Few Cans Of Tuna

The amount of mercury in a single compact fluorescent light bulb is about the size of the period at the end of this sentence. CFLs these days contain about 2 to 3 mg of mercury, most of which adheres to the inside of the glass coil bulb and cannot be ingested. Think of the old silvery mercury thermometers that used to be in every...
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