What I found to be odd, was the reaction some on the right have had to this. Limbaugh hated the mandate saying it was an intrusion as did Tony Snow on his radio program. What they also cited was the presence of mercury in the bulbs and how they could poison your home. Which is potentially true to an extent but it would take an awful lot of these bulbs to break to create any real threat. But it does concern me with children in the house. Disposal will be an issue down the road as is in the NPR link. I am looking forward to LED lighting when they perfect it.

http://www.nema.org/gov/ehs/committees/lamps/cfl-mercury.cfm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_fluorescent_lamp
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7431198
http://green.bligblog.com/rush-encounters-a-compact-fluorescent-bulb-1028.html