Thursday, May 03, 2007
Flourescent Bulbs - Junk science or not?
I posted the flourescent bulb "cleanup" story some time ago; however, here's an update and some additional info.
I have to wonder if the cleanup is really so bad; why aren't the environmentalists screaming bloody murder?...
I have to wonder if the cleanup is really so bad; why aren't the environmentalists screaming bloody murder?...
FoxNews.com's, Steven Milloy is skeptical about those flourescent bulbs:
"It’s quite odd that environmentalists have embraced the CFL, which cannot now and will not in the foreseeable future be made without mercury. Given that there are about 4 billion lightbulb sockets in American households, we’re looking at the possibility of creating billions of hazardous waste sites such as the Bridges’ bedroom.
Usually, environmentalists want hazardous materials out of, not in, our homes.
These are the same people who go berserk at the thought of mercury being emitted from power plants and the presence of mercury in seafood. Environmentalists have whipped up so much fear of mercury among the public that many local governments have even launched mercury thermometer exchange programs.
As the activist group Environmental Defense urges us to buy CFLs, it defines mercury on a separate part of its Web site as a 'highly toxic heavy metal that can cause brain damage and learning disabilities in fetuses and children' and as 'one of the most poisonous forms of pollution.'"
