The EPA website outlines the steps necessary to clean up a broken CFL bulb safely.

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Despite the horror stories being pitched suggesting that people in hazmat gear will be required to clean up a busted light bulb, the truth is a broken CFL bulb will be swept up (not vacuumed) just as broken bulbs have always been swept up.

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Just as the CFL light bulb market is poised to take off in a bigger way than ever, bulbs that tap rival light-emitting-diode technology, potentially even cheaper than CFL, are on the rise.

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He enjoys stripping down forms, emphasizing silhouette or material, as with the voluptuous Plump sofa (2008), a streamlined, space-age version of the classic Chesterfield, or Bulb (2011), an overscaled, energy-efficient lightbulb designed to challenge the aesthetics of most CFL (compact fluorescent lamp) replacements.

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