[ori_b]

As far as I remember, mercury isn't the best thing for you, but it's not as bad as people make out. It takes a fair amount of exposure to do anything too terrible. It's the compounds that become very nasty (eg, dimethylmercury).

[karolist]

I remember an article in wikipedia about CFL's, it had effects of mercury exposure.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_fluorescent_lamp#Enviro...

[ams6110]

Some people have an allergic-like reaction to it.