‘Broken #CFL Bulb Syndrome’: A New (And Unnecessary) Risk For American Households
Prior to the government-mandated phaseout of traditional incandescent light bulbs — the ones Thomas Edison perfected — in favor of more energy-efficient compact florescent lights (CFLs), no one ever regarded a broken light bulb as a possible health hazard. But all that changed once those curly-headed CFLs with neurotoxic mercury inside began to replace incandescents