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 ...

It looks like a robot from a science fiction movie but it only exterminates fluorescent light bulbs. The new bulb eater at the University of Calgary, an alien-looking lamp crushing system, will keep ...

Fluorescent lightbulbs use less energy than traditional incandescent bulbs, but many contain mercury, a neurotoxin that can accumulate in food sources and ultimately in our own tissues. Removing and ...

One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. The Environmental Protection Agency ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - There's an old joke about the number of people it takes to change a light bulb. But because the newer energy-efficient kinds contain tiny amounts of mercury, the hard part is ...

CANYON COUNTY -; Concern over mercury contained in energy-saving light bulbs might be overstated, a toxicologist for the Idaho Health and Welfare Department said. The compact fluorescent light bulbs, ...

of a pen tip (circled in red), and these doses have been getting smaller and smaller. (Photo provided by EPA.)Australia has already begun to phase out the incandescent light bulb, and the energy ...

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 ...

Governments, utilities, environmentalists and, of course, retailers everywhere are spreading the word. Few, however, are volunteering to collect the mercury-laced bulbs for recycling - despite what ...

The buzzkill is that mercury levels in CFLs pose health and environmental dangers when the bulbs are broken or thrown in the trash. Mercury contains neurotoxins that are harmful, especially to ...