Apptech wrote:
>> Those were old, Soviet-era tubes. Modern fluorescents have
>> very little
>> mercury, and the tubes you're likely to find at the dump
>> may even have none:
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorescent_lamp#Loss_of_mercury
>
>
> Reportedly even the "best" CFLs have some mercury. 10 to 20
> mg comes to mind.

You like to muddy the waters, Russell! :)

How many CFLs would the OP have to extract the mercury from, to obtain the 
amount he needs (several fl oz)? As far as he's concerned, CFLs and most 
modern FLs have *zero* mercury content. :)

Vitaliy 

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