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Apparently mercury is ubiquitous in our environment. It is found in rocks, fresh water fish, seafood and everywhere else. So when you talk about the small amount of mercury in CFLs you ignore the accumulation of mercury we are exposed to. Such a myopic view is what often accompanies government and commercial interests. Challenge everything especially from legislators who pretend to look out for your safety and their unstated motivation.
Consider the manufacture of CFLs and mercury storage. What is happenning in those towns? Is lightbulb production domestically desirable. If not it is then unethical to import it as we just move the problem to some other global location.
Mercury is being mined illegally and legally in many countries.
The feds have huge stockpiles of mercury.
Salvage yards are a major source of mercury. On and On and On.
Look up minimata disease rampant in Japan in the ?60s...mercury poisoning....
" Our official government benchmark is 2,000 parts per billion of lead and 1,000 parts per billion of mercury. Officials cringe at mention of parts per billion and, when we take it down to the parts per trillion scale, things start to look particularly devastating. One part per million is one thousand parts per billion, which translates to one million parts per trillion.Environmental exposure to lead in early childhood is a prelude to a
host of societal ills. It is associated with an increased risk of
reading problems, school failure, delinquency, and criminal behavior.
As it is with lead it is with mercury, only much worse."
Government Stockpile: An inventory of 4,436 tons of mercury was held at several sites in the United States; however, the Defense Logistics Agency, DLA Strategic Materials (formerly Defense National Stockpile Center) has indicated that consolidated storage is preferred. An additional 1,329 tons of mercury was held by the U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, TN. Sales of mercury from the National Defense Stockpile remained suspended.
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I read somewhere that is you accidentally break a CFL bulb that you can have mercury exposure. How does one clean that up. How can I get mercury out of a carpet?
What happens to all of the CFL bulbs that get thrown out when they stop working. They never last 7 years like the label claims. There must be tons of mercury in our landfills.
Actually there is more mercury in the fillings in your mouth than all landfills combined. The more your brush those amalgam fillings the more is released into your body but people don't know that. A doctor did research showing this. The title was Smoking Teeth=Poison Gas which I saw a a semniar but may be on youtube.com
They are. They last longer and use less energy per lumen hour than CFL bulbs. They are more expensive but the cost is coming down fast. They are right now about comparable in total lifecycle cost. Of course, scare stories about Mercury in CFL's will accelerate the trend.
They are right now about comparable in total lifecycle cost. Of course, scare stories about Mercury in CFL's will accelerate the trend.
I hope you'll notify the EPA they are spreading scare stories about the dangers of broken CFL light bulbs and to cease and desist....
BTW, the following article is almost 3 years old and this thread started over a year before you joined C-D, the only place this information will accelerate is here where people don't bother to see how ancient and non-important some issues have become...
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