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Do fluorescent tubes leak mercury overtime?

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#1 ekaitz

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Posted 31 January 2017 - 10:04 PM


Well, kinda technical question... Im planing on buying a nb-uvb canopy. I always thought the only danger with fluorescent lamps/tubes were in case of accidental breakage. But I've read a source that states that they always leak an amount while switched on. 

 

"Uy said most people believe that mercury leaks only when the bulbs break. That’s true too, he said, but they also leak mercury vapor into a room all the time—from the minute they are switched on to the time they are switched off."

 

http://lifestyle.inq...-make-you-sick/

 

Other sources say they don't unless broken, but Im not sure now.

 

 


Edited by ekaitz, 31 January 2017 - 10:05 PM.


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Posted 01 February 2017 - 08:02 PM

Forget about it.  The guy in that article is just shilling for LED lights, and is trying to spread fear about CFL's.  I know of no evidence that any fluorescent lamp in good operating condition leaks a meaningful amount of mercury.  If they break, that's when they could leak mercury.  Even if that were to occur, the amount of mercury they contain and the form that it's in don't represent a huge risk, but you would certainly want to be careful cleaning it up.







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