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[Nickbat]

Don't know how true this is, but...

"It was already widely known that CFLs released deadly mercury, but only if they broke, see here for example, or here on what to do if one breaks. Now, according to the German television news show “Markt“, which will air tomorrow evening at 8:15 pm, CFLs also emit cancer-causing fumes during their operation, principally phenol, which is highly toxic even in small amounts."

http://notrickszone.com/2011/04/17/climate-saving-cfls-now-found-to-emit-deadly-cancer-causing-vapours/

 

[albitz]

you couldnt make up the stupidity we have enforced on us these days by the lunatic zealots who are running the asylum.

[Martian]

Incandescent lamps are still widely available, just not at any DIY store.

[Nickbat]

Incandescent lamps are still widely available, just not at any DIY store.

You mean I have to go on the black market to buy a light bulb? 

That sums up the UK in 2011! 

[aaronjb]

IIRC the Phenol is in the circuit boards (which is presumably released because they're exposed to heat) .. if that's the case then I imagine everything electronic in your house releases it.

Better throw out that microwave, toaster, oven, TV, phone...

(Vinyl shower curtains also release phenol for the first ~month of their life out of the packet)

Ah yes, here we go - the Phenol will be leeching from the FR-2 PCBs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FR-2;

widely used to build low-end consumer electronic equipment

[albitz]

I hate the new bulbs, cant see a bloody thing when using the useless things.

[geoffr70]

I've got my stockpile of 100w and 150w proper bulbs! Bo selecta

[Nickbat]

IIRC the Phenol is in the circuit boards (which is presumably released because they're exposed to heat) .. if that's the case then I imagine everything electronic in your house releases it.

Better throw out that microwave, toaster, oven, TV, phone...

(Vinyl shower curtains also release phenol for the first ~month of their life out of the packet)

Ah yes, here we go - the Phenol will be leeching from the FR-2 PCBs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FR-2;

widely used to build low-end consumer electronic equipment

You use shower curtains? What a wuss! 

[Martian]

Incandescent lamps are still widely available, just not at any DIY store.

You mean I have to go on the black market to buy a light bulb? 

That sums up the UK in 2011! 

Not quite, your local electrical wholesaler will still stock them.

[aaronjb]

IIRC the Phenol is in the circuit boards (which is presumably released because they're exposed to heat) .. if that's the case then I imagine everything electronic in your house releases it.

Better throw out that microwave, toaster, oven, TV, phone...

(Vinyl shower curtains also release phenol for the first ~month of their life out of the packet)

Ah yes, here we go - the Phenol will be leeching from the FR-2 PCBs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FR-2;

widely used to build low-end consumer electronic equipment

You use shower curtains? What a wuss! 

Only so I don't scare the dust bunnies! 

[Nickbat]

IIRC the Phenol is in the circuit boards (which is presumably released because they're exposed to heat) .. if that's the case then I imagine everything electronic in your house releases it.

Better throw out that microwave, toaster, oven, TV, phone...

(Vinyl shower curtains also release phenol for the first ~month of their life out of the packet)

Ah yes, here we go - the Phenol will be leeching from the FR-2 PCBs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FR-2;

widely used to build low-end consumer electronic equipment

You use shower curtains? What a wuss! 

Only so I don't scare the dust bunnies! 

 

[albitz]

Incandescent lamps are still widely available, just not at any DIY store.

You mean I have to go on the black market to buy a light bulb? 

That sums up the UK in 2011! 

Not quite, your local electrical wholesaler will still stock them.

Afaik, it is gradually becoming illegal to sell them. The allowed wattage being reduced on an annual basis. :-/

[Banjax]

IIRC the Phenol is in the circuit boards (which is presumably released because they're exposed to heat) .. if that's the case then I imagine everything electronic in your house releases it.

Better throw out that microwave, toaster, oven, TV, phone...

(Vinyl shower curtains also release phenol for the first ~month of their life out of the packet)

Ah yes, here we go - the Phenol will be leeching from the FR-2 PCBs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FR-2;

widely used to build low-end consumer electronic equipment

damn you, with your scientific facts 


now according to german tv i should really leave, and fill the house with concrete....just to be on the safe side 

[Marks DTM Calib]

The assumption is that the PCB's are made from FR4, most of the ones I have seen in these applications are paper (as its cheaper!).

Sounds like yet another no news story.

[Nickbat]

The assumption is that the PCB's are made from FR4, most of the ones I have seen in these applications are paper (as its cheaper!).

Sounds like yet another no news story.

Could well be right, Mark.

I started out by saying "Don't know how true this is, but..." Probably untrue, as you say...