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In his article, "Shedding Some Light on Lighting," in the March/April 2009 issue of Exchange (which can be viewed in its entirety on the Exchange web site), Adam Neugebauer responded to the question, "Should I be concerned about mercury exposure from fluorescent lights?" In the article he concluded:
"In spite of this slight tarnish [see full article], however, I still love CFLs. I love that they use about a quarter of the electricity of traditional incandescent bulbs. I love that they last up to ten times longer than incandescent. And now I love that, according to the EPA, even though they contain mercury, their use still leads to lower amounts of this hazardous material being released into the environment than with incandescent, which contain no mercury. This is because power plants, which release mercury as a byproduct, must produce additional electricity to meet the needs of the less-efficient incandescent lights. Oh, and did I mention that I love CFLs?"
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