Bulbs do break and that is when the mercury can enter the home, your lungs and your body. Best not to make bulbs containing mercury in the first place. My guess is the manufacturing of these bulbs poses a risk to our environment as well. Luckily, these types of bulbs are being replaced to a large extent by LED type bulbs which do not contain mercury.
From: Ode Coyote Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2018 5:29 AM To: silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: CS>One more question please Mercury is not toxic, the oxides of mercury are. Remember "Mercurochrome" ? The U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 1998 classified Mercurochrome as "not Generally Recognized as Safe" [which, like colloidal silver, doesn't mean it's NOT safe] together with a multitude of other active compounds, based on the absence of interest on the part of pharmaceutical companies in funding new studies or updated supporting information, due to the high costs of said studies in comparison to sales,* rather than due to being toxic* Opinion killed Mercurochrome, not science The air contains mercury vapor from diesel exhaust and coal power plants...vapor oxidizes readily. Depending on where you are, some lakes are so full of mercury oxides and other compounds that nothing will grow in them. The amount of mercury housed in each bulb is very small, about 4 or 5 milligrams, which in volume is about the size of the period at the end of a sentence. (By comparison, old-style mercury thermometers contain about 500 milligrams of mercury, an amount equal to the mercury found in 125 CFL bulbs.) And, provided the bulbs aren’t broken open, none of that leaches into the home. When power is supplied, the mercury turns into a UV light emitting plasma. The UV light excites the phosphorus coating on the inside surface of the tube and the the coating emits visible light frequencies, blocking the UV. The sun is full spectrum, UV, IR, microwave and everything else..and much more intense. In comparison, I'd not worry about any sort of indoor artificial lighting. The main problem with Fluorescent light is the perception of 'flicker' like a strobe light...can be disturbing. Ode On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 4:44 PM, Nenah Sylver <nenah12egro...@cox.net> wrote: Jean wrote: Since mercury is in fluorescent light bulbs, it is said they leak this heavy metal. Is this kind of indoor light (frequency), harmful to colloidal silver? ============================= For me, Jean, the real question is, “Is this kind of indoor light harmful to US?” Mercury is one of the most toxic substances on the planet. What if the bulb breaks? Also, just the frequency of mercury is present with such bulbs, especially I imagine when they are turned on. Not good. I don’t use fluorescent light bulbs. (Can’t answer your question about the silver.) Nenah Nenah Sylver, PhD author, The Rife Handbook of Frequency Therapy and Holistic Health now in all formats: hardcover, ebook for Mac, Kindle, iPad, Android DVDs of 2016 Rife and Electromedicine Conference Available NOW www.nenahsylver.com
