# Mercury \*vapor\* in CFLs?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mercury-vapor-in-cfls/487908
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [March 1, 2009, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mercury-vapor-in-cfls/487908 "2009-03-01T20:41:39Z")
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### Author: ![JFLuvly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac91a4/32.png) [@JFLuvly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JFLuvly)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mercury-vapor-in-cfls/487908/14 "2009-03-03T18:04:12Z")

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I don’t know how aware of these issues that those of you in the US are, but the CFL bulbs are causing some other unwanted side effects in people according to this Canadian TV show…

[http://www.globaltv.com/globaltv/globalshows/16x9/video.html?maven\_playerId=16x9extralargeplayer&maven\_referralPlaylistId=b21903f607126ddafaf4a2be2fdd36c48e7fe239&maven\_referralObject=3408462](http://www.globaltv.com/globaltv/globalshows/16x9/video.html?maven_playerId=16x9extralargeplayer&maven_referralPlaylistId=b21903f607126ddafaf4a2be2fdd36c48e7fe239&maven_referralObject=3408462)

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