Compact fluorescent bulbs are made of glass tubes filled with gas and a small amount of mercury. CFLs produce light when the mercury molecules are excited by electricity running between two ...

You see them in every grocery store and home center - those funny-looking curly compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) that are rapidly replacing the old round bulbs. And pretty soon, the Energy ...

"These incandescent bulbs last about 900-1,000 hours. And all of the [compact fluorescent] bulbs we had in our ratings were still burning brightly after 3,000 hours," she says.

Recently I found smoke pouring out of a compact fluorescent bulb (CFL) in a basement light. I turned off the light, removed the bulb and rushed it outside. An incandescent installed in the same ...

Even a broken CFL bulb won’t leak too much toxic metal. According to the EPA, just 6.8 percent of the mercury in a CFL bulb—that’s at most 0.34 milligrams—is released if it shatters.

Compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) are poised to replace those familiar incandescent bulbs we’ve been using since electricity became a household necessity. Among their benefits: • CFLs use ...

The curlicue compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) oft touted as an Earth-friendly alternative to standard incandescent bulbs may cause skin damage, according to a new study by researchers at Stony ...

The compact fluorescent light bulb, once the undisputed energy-efficient alternative, is being overtaken by LEDs and will not be made or sold in the United States by G.E. by year’s end.

In 1976, Good Times ruled TV, Gerald Ford was trying to "whip inflation now," and in Ohio, a new kind of light bulb was being invented. The man behind the CFL looks back.