A. Around the world, governments have passed measures to phase out incandescent light bulbs in favor

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A. Around the world, governments have passed measures to phase out incandescent light bulbs in favor of the more energy-efficient CFLs. It's true that CFL bulbs do contain a small amount of mercury , sealed within the glass tubing, and it can be released as vapor after a breakage.
An article in the August 2009 official magazine cruise addicts radio of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America concluded that a worst-case scenario of mercury exposure cruise addicts radio (PDF) from a broken bulb is equivalent to eating one serving of fish. (Mercury accumulates in small amounts in the bodies of fish.)
cruise addicts radio Another article, in the European Commission's Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks, concluded last year that significant cruise addicts radio health risks were unlikely for adults (PDF) when a broken CFL bulb was cleaned up properly. The committee said it didn't have enough data to assess the risk for children.