A massive amount of mercury - the toxic element that makes Compact Fluorescent Lamps and bulbs (CFLs) work - may be silently accumulating in the atmosphere thanks to the gross mismanagement of used and broken CFLs.
A new study by Environmental Research Organisation Toxics Link shows that Delhi alone could account for 14.93 million pieces of CFLs in a single year while releasing 74.65 kg of mercury in the ambient air and groundwater. This is when chronic mercury exposure by inhalation, even at concentrations as low as 0.7-42 ìg/m3, is enough to
