I came across an article talking about hazardous effects of mercury in the CFLs bulbs on unborn babies and children. We simply throw them away when they stop working without realizing the effects. Unfortunately we don’t have proper infrastructure to dispose and recycle them. Guess the best option is to stop using them completely or may be ban them too!!

havent heard of it..its the first time i heard about it..and i believe on prevention rather than cure ..so i agree with you on the banning thing of this product..

Gosh! That's really scary!! I'm going to have to look more into that for my mother, because I'm pretty sure she has those. Thank you sooo much for the info. I would hate for something to happen!!