Despite the horror stories being pitched suggesting that people in hazmat gear will be required to clean up a busted light bulb, the truth is a broken CFL bulb will be swept up (not vacuumed) just as broken bulbs have always been swept up.

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Almost all of them are frustrated, trying to solve individual problems that for the most part are remarkably similar--lost luggage at an airline, say, a broken bulb in the oven, keyboard problems.

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The EPA website outlines the steps necessary to clean up a broken CFL bulb safely.

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