[uncommonsense]

Go to the EPA web site, search for CFL and mercury, and read the steps required to safely clean up a broken bulb. It'll blow your mind! Basically, call HAZMAT.

Don't put CFLs in kids rooms or near any cloth item you don't mind throwing away.

[uncommonsense]

Here’s the EPA CFL ceanup link - enjoy reading: http://www.epa.gov/mercury/spills/index.htm

[ansel12]

“Go to the EPA web site, search for CFL and mercury, and read the steps required to safely clean up a broken bulb. It’ll blow your mind! Basically, call HAZMAT.”

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http://www.epa.gov/mercury/spills/index.htm#fluorescent

“Before Clean-up: Air Out the Room

Have people and pets leave the room, and don’t let anyone walk through the breakage area on their way out.
Open a window and leave the room for 15 minutes or more.
Shut off the central forced-air heating/air conditioning system, if you have one.
Clean-Up Steps for Hard Surfaces

Carefully scoop up glass pieces and powder using stiff paper or cardboard and place them in a glass jar with metal lid (such as a canning jar) or in a sealed plastic bag.
Use sticky tape, such as duct tape, to pick up any remaining small glass fragments and powder.
Wipe the area clean with damp paper towels or disposable wet wipes. Place towels in the glass jar or plastic bag.
Do not use a vacuum or broom to clean up the broken bulb on hard surfaces.

[classified]

Yes I heard that a while back. Can you honestly think that if someone breaks one in their house they are going to spend the money for a hazmat team to come in and clean it up! If this bulb can really be that dangerous to ones health, before you know it every house in the country will be hazmat catastrophes!