I’ll just summarize this story in a sequential manner.

  1. Woman buys a compact fluorescent light bulb for $4.28.
  2. She breaks the bulb while installing it.
  3. Afraid of potential contaminants, she calls Home Depot.  They direct her to call the Poison Control Hotline.
  4. The Poison people send out the Maine Department of Environmental Protection.
  5. They say the mercury level is in excess of six times the state’s “safe” level.  They tell her to call a clean up firm.
  6. She spends $2004.28 on the clean up.

I can’t wait to put those things all over the house!  One legislator in California actually want to ban good ol’ Edison era bulbs and force consumers to buy CFL’s.

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