Y in 2014 we%26#039;re FORCED to use CFL(Florescent LIGHTS), they%26#039;re dangerous!...LED R BETTER!? Does everyone know that it%26#039;s dangerous using (CFL)Florescent Lights, especially if there is an earthquake? When they break they release Mercury. In large/tall buildings people who survive many die of mercury poisoning from the florescent bulbs! We need to come up w/alternatives...LED lights (light emitting diode)are a plus if we would develop them! What are your thoughts?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LED
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LED Light Bulbs last longer than even the CFL lights, up to 60,000 hours and considerably longer times are expected soon. LED Light Bulbs are quite expensive, but over a lifespan are comparable with the prices for the CFLs and fluorescents. The high up front costs are compensated for by the low operation costs.

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The law doesn%26#039;t say we have to use CFLs. It bans traditional incandescent bulbs. It doesn%26#039;t outlaw LEDs. Even though I have used CFLs in my own house for about 10 years I don%26#039;t like the law. Traditional light bulbs have their place. I still use them in my unheated garage because fluorescent lights are slow to light up when its cold. In some instances light bulbs are used as a low tech, inexpensive heat source. EZ bake ovens will become obsolete if there are no traditional light bulbs to heat them. Fluorescent lights hum and flicker. That flickering makes them a bad thing in machine shops and other environments where workers have to see fine details. The law banning traditional light bulbs should be overturned. We have 6 years to pressure congress. All CFLs are made in China. I don%26#039;t like a law telling me I have to buy Chinese products. The mercury content doesn%26#039;t worry me. I never heard of anyone suffering any ill effects from mercury from a broken fluorescent tube. Mercury use has been reduced in so many things that use of CFLs won%26#039;t push mercury levels past their historic highs.

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The amount of mercury in one CFL in minimal, only 4-5 milligrams. Multiply that amount by thousands in these high-rise buildings and you have a considerable amount of mercury in the air to inhale after an earthquake collapses a building. Concerned since I live in L.A. xpecting big quake! Ty to all

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• Most every tall office building already has florescent lights. CFL%26#039;s are COMPACT florescent lights; same thing as the long tubes, just smaller. Are you saying we should get rid of all florescent lights or just the CFL%26#039;s? No person is going to die of mercury poisoning in twenty minutes or whatever it takes to get out of the building. Have never heard of lightbulbs being a major concern during an earthquake.
• LED lights are good
  but if people would just turn off the lights in the day and open up the windows you could save alot
  then only use them at night when you need them
  no need to leave the light on when you walk out
  
  then everyone could use thier normal light bulbs
• i don%26#039;t like florescent lights..they give me a head ache. :/