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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Photo: Fluorescent Lights' Mercury Poses Dim Threat


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A compact fluorescent light bulb displays a label warning of mercury content. Critics of the energy-efficient lights say the mercury poses an expensive and dangerous threat, but experts counter that the small amount contained in a single broken bulb can be easily and safely cleaned at home.

Photograph by Hyungwon Kang/REUTERS