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Re:How Dangerous Is Your Couch? by dfc on Saturday September 08, 2012 @06:01PM (#4494150)
DanBC, take a look at the packaging for any CFL. They describe in great detail the procedure for cleaning up a broken bulb.
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Re:How Dangerous Is Your Couch? by lignuist on Saturday September 08, 2012 @06:13PM (#4494179)
"They describe in great detail the procedure for cleaning up a broken bulb."

Are you talking about packaging in the US? The packaging in the EU, I saw so far, don't even mention the mercury, not to mention cleaning instructions.

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Re:How Dangerous Is Your Couch? by dfc on Saturday September 08, 2012 @06:19PM (#4494199)
Packaging in New York state to be specific. (I think a lot of these consumer warnings are mandated at the state level. )
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Re:How Dangerous Is Your Couch? by DanBC on Saturday September 08, 2012 @06:15PM (#4494186)
Sure, a broken bulb will release an amount of the 5 mg of mercury that a CFL contains. But it's not harmful unless you breath it, which is why you ventilate the room.

Lignuist's comment made me think they were talking about intact lamps.

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