Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110222:19:45:00
Bulb costs $1.50, uses 75% less than the incandescent. >> reporter: that's not good enough for vocal consumers. >> i really like lights that turn on when i turn the switch. >> reporter: home design columnist marni jamison is doing a slow burn at the time it takes cfls to warm up, and the light they give off. >> it's uneven. looks unattractive. >> reporter: and the mercury inside. >> if one crashes on my counter, i've got mercury poisoning. >> reporter: not quite. glass thermometers have 100 times more mercury than a cfl according to underwriter's laboratory. jamison's not convinced. >> i'm goi...
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