Once broken, a compact fluorescent light bulb continuously releases mercury vapor into the air for weeks to months, and the total amount can exceed safe human exposure levels in a poorly ventilated ...

Raleigh will replace 30,000 high pressure sodium and mercury vapor street lamps with more energy efficient lights. Duke Energy will begin replacing Raleigh's 30,000 conventional high pressure sodium ...

Compact fluorescent light bulbs might be long lasting and environmentally friendly, but they also pose a potentially serious health risk when crushed or broken: mercury poisoning. OSHA offers two new ...

GRAND HAVEN - The Grand Haven Board of Light & Power has decided to move ahead with a program that would, over time, improve the efficiency of local street lights. In the fall of 2009 the BLP began ...

Fluorescent lightbulbs use less energy than traditional incandescent bulbs, but many contain mercury, a neurotoxin that can accumulate in food sources and ultimately in our own tissues. Removing and ...