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3048923 No.3048923 [Reply] [Original]

So /sci/, what's the deal with these lightbulbs?

There are 2 in my ceiling, about 6-8 feet fro me. Am I going to get cancer?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/8462626/Energy-saving-light-bulbs-contain-cancer-causing-chemicals
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>> No.3048932 [DELETED] 

>>3048923
if dubs then OP will get cancer

>> No.3048933

DID YOU EAT THE LIGHTBULBS?

IF YOU DID SEEK HELP IMMEDIATELY

if not it barely fucking matters you idiot

>> No.3048934

>>3048923
THIS JUST IN: SCIENTISTS SUSPECT THE AIR CONTAINS POTENTIAL CANCER CAUSING SUBSTANCES

RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN ADVISED NOT TO BREATHE.

>> No.3048948

>>3048933

Well, I was a bit hungry and the only thing in the fridge was ketchup and some old cheese.

It seemed like a good idea at the time...

So this is just more of that "everything causes cancer" shit?

Are you guys sure it's nonsense? I mean, I know what it looks like, but I feel like I'd rather be safe than sorry. And with cancer.

>> No.3048957

fluorescent bulbs have mercury in them
dont eat it or break it off in your asshole and you should be fine

>> No.3048994

What do they mean by electric smog? Electricity cannot magically transport chemicals through watertight materials. How is gas escaping?

>> No.3049023

>>3048994

The gamma radiation emitted by the lightbulbs turns the dust in the air into super dust that kills you.

>> No.3049028

You are going to fucking die.
Enjoy burning hell in forever because you didn't believe in God, faggot.

>> No.3049087

they stopped putting mercury in thermometers because people kept breaking them in their assholes. if you think you might have a problem with not breaking that light bulb inside of an orifice you might have a problem, but otherwise you'll be fine. the only danger is consumption of the constituent pieces

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3049093

>CFL

Ok, I love these things because they save money, don't burn you, last forever, and the light looks a lot better, BUT.
I once turned one on and it blew every breaker in the house and burst into an intense blue flame which melted my lamp before exploding and almost setting my carpet on fire.

It was metal as fuck I must admit

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3049145

>mfw I've shattered numerous high-wattage CFLs in my room and don't give a shit

I'm talking 250W CFLs here, the kind you could grow weed with. Come at me, mental illness.

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>>3049087
>they stopped putting mercury in thermometers because people kept breaking them in their assholes

>> No.3049160

>>3049151
To test people's temperature, you know. Not anal masturbation.

>> No.3049162

>>3049151

Actually because kids kept breaking them and playing with the pretty silver.

Which I would too, admittedly. Why must mercury be so awesome, yet deadly poisonous?

>> No.3049163

>>3049151
That's one of three valid ways to take someone's temperature. Yes, there are medical reasons for pooper sticking!

>> No.3049193

the don't use anal thermometers any more. In the fucking armpit.

>> No.3049199

>>3049093
Sounds more like a live to neutral fault, See: Shit wiring


And the entire anti-compact flouriest Jihad is a huge steaming pile of shit. You're not going to eat them or horde thousands of them into a mass orgy so you can break them and dump a thimble's worth of mercury into the environment

Incandescent light bulb's are shit and that 90% or so heat they give off fucks your ceiling and nearby wiring (>>3049093). I couldn't be happier that they're being banned

Kind of mad

>> No.3049205

>>3049199
It's actually been estimated that the amount of mercury in a CFL is less than the reduction in the amount of mercury emitted by coal power plants as a result of the bulb's decreased electrical needs.

>> No.3049211

>>3049205
This interests me

Do you have a link to more info?

>> No.3049219

>>3049205
Irrelevant, because the concentration - if you break a bulb - is high enough to cause concern for health issues.
Unlike coal plants, which are not located in my living room.

>> No.3049223

>>3049211
http://www.energystar.gov/ia/partners/promotions/change_light/downloads/Fact_Sheet_Mercury.pdf

>> No.3049230

>>3049162
I have played with it and I would do it again

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>>3049219
>the concentration - if you break a bulb - is high enough to cause concern for health issues

>> No.3049262

Why the fuck are incandescant bulbs being banned even if they aren't better for the environment?

I don't remember seeing "we will ban incandescant bulbs" written on a manifesto or being able to vote on whether I want them banned or not.

>> No.3049273

>>3049223
Awesome, Thanks

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3049277

>>3049262
>EU
>vote
>democracy
>EU

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3049289

>>3049277

your face when that is 2 different reaction-faces combined

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>>3049289

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>>3049289

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<- Superior lighting apparatus

However these need a heat-conductive mounting point, rather than the insulated sockets that most people have which keep incandescent bulbs from burning their house down.

The main problem with CFLs is disposal. They must be recycled properly in order to prevent environmental contamination. Counting on the populace to fulfill this obligation to a high degree demonstrates a profound misunderstanding of human behavior. The vast majority of CFLs (and their mercury) wind up with the regular trash.

>> No.3049320

>>3049262
Progress happens

You're not being oppressed

You're just reading The daily Mail
>Europe ain't gunna tell me i can't put 150watt bulbs all over my house1!!! hurp durr hur durr
>OMFG my energy bill is so expensive this must be europes fault!
dailymail.com

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3049332

>>3049320
>dailymail.com
>Dem immigrants coming over here and stealing our jobs
>Dem immigrants coming over here and claiming unemployment

>> No.3049405

>>3049332
Technically there's nothing wrong with that, they're either going to claim unemployment or steal jerbs.

>> No.3049446

>>3049405
the only alternative then is for immigrants to move onto farms and have no role in society

AND THEN
>immigrants coming into our country, stealing our land

>> No.3049485

>>3049219
mine runoff...how does it work?

>> No.3049574

>>3048923

Wtf?!

Is this for real?

Weren't the new energy saving light bulbs supposed to be mercury free?

How is it that chemicals are release they they are switched on? Wtf?

>> No.3049581

I have one of those bulbs. Should I be scared that I have many of the mercury poisoning symptoms?

>> No.3049595

>>3048923

Banning incandescent bulbs was a stupid idea anyway. It used to be enough to have my desk lamp on to heat my small room. Now with CFLs, I need to use a heater of significantly more power which provides no light at all.

>> No.3049604

>>3049405

>or steal jerbs.

Actually they are just filling out areas that most locals don't want anyway.

And if anything they are improving the economy because like it or not, their wages tend to be lower than those of local workers.

>> No.3049613

>>3049595
>It used to be enough to have my desk lamp on to heat my small room. Now ... I need to use a heater of significantly more power which provides no light at all.

Conservation of energy, motherfucker. Can you into it?

>> No.3049615

>>3049581
Nope. CFLs don't contain enough mercury to pose a significant risk. That said, >>3049145 does show some unusual behavioural tendencies.

>> No.3049634

>>3049613

But the electric heater excessive. A single incandescent lightbulb provided the right amount of heat and light. The CFL provides the right amount of light too but the heater provides an excessive amount of heat for my small room.

>> No.3049642

>>3049634
I see. You really should be using gas heating you know.

>> No.3049669

>>3049634
>not using a master race corn stove

>> No.3049711

>>3049669
>corn stove

gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

I burn my wifes aborted half formed fetuses to heat my giant house, like a real man.

>> No.3049737

>>3049711
>not eating the half-formed fetus

what a queer

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>>3049711
Makin Irony

>> No.3050532

I converted a broken CFL into a bong and have been smoking it for years with no problems.
In fact I seem to get much more stoned when i use it.
It also adds a really nice flavor to my weed.
I did go blind recently though.

>> No.3050571

>>3049308
I wish there was an actual way to properly dispose of CFLs.

I've only had two break on me in 6 years, but I'd like to keep them out of the garbage without having to run down to medical supply recycler.