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Archive Home > 2008 > February > 26 > Compact fluorescent bulbs can pose a mercury risk, studies find

Compact fluorescent bulbs can pose a mercury risk, studies find

By Beth Daley / The Bulletin
February 26, 2008

Compact fluorescent lamps — those spiral, energy-efficient bulbs popular as a device to combat global warming — can pose a small risk of mercury poisoning to infants, young children, and pregnant women if they break, two reports concluded Monday.

But the reports, issued by....

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