New bulbs have one hitch: mercury

Fred Stevie Wonder Quimby wrote:

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Very intelligent comments.
Not too many people know the truth about Edison or Tesla or how Edison was pushing for DC street and home power. But distance to push DC vs AC is what killed his idea the deadest in it's day. As well as a better idea.
Anyone else have a good idea/theory to implement towards a solution out there, or just Al Gore/ GW Bush cracks.
It's all a Donkey & Elephant Show, so change the channel on them already.
Quit living in the lies.

A solution- no,an idea- yes...What if we were able to make the CFLs recyclable by instuting a DEPOSIT ??(much in the way we do now with cans and bottles) When they burn out, just take them back to point of purchase, the company that supplies the bulbs to the store picks them up when they deliver new ones, and then returns them to the company where they are manufactured. That keeps a lot of them out of the landfills, and gives the manufacturing company parts that they can use to make new bulbs-thus reducing the cost to them, and down the line to the consumers. Of course this would work best if the CFLs were made in the USA. Just a thought....Zim

GREAT, KILLER LIGHT BULBS , now all the terroists have to do is start throwing light bulbs around. thank you enviros and gore-ites. JUST A FEW WELL PLACED AND TOSSED BULBS WILL DO WONDERS.

Great wrote:

It's clear that those so upset by CFLs simply don't like government limiting their choices.

Bingo, you sir are a rocket surgeon.

In case some of you missed biology. Mercury levels only RISE in fish and mammals. The effects of the poisoning are cumulative. So that 'little' bit you inhale adds to the deterioration of your heath over the period of your life and is exacerbated by repeat exposure.

Very similar to eating game fish; the little fish contains a little mercury; the big fish eats the little fish. Over the lifespan of the big fish as it ingest mercury it stores it. When we catch and eat the big fish guess where the previously ingested mercury goes? Guess why pregnant woman are to refrain from eating game fish? Guess why SG informs us to avoid certain fish of certain size and eat only certain amounts per week; per year?

It's ok though, mercury won't kill you per se, and neither will getting hit by a car just a little.

what is a little bit of mercury????

thats how this is sold by Liberals.

Is that like being a little pregnant????

zim wrote:

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A solution- no,an idea- yes...What if we were able to make the CFLs recyclable by instuting a DEPOSIT ??(much in the way we do now with cans and bottles) When they burn out, just take them back to point of purchase, the company that supplies the bulbs to the store picks them up when they deliver new ones, and then returns them to the company where they are manufactured. That keeps a lot of them out of the landfills, and gives the manufacturing company parts that they can use to make new bulbs-thus reducing the cost to them, and down the line to the consumers. Of course this would work best if the CFLs were made in the USA. Just a thought....Zim

Now, that is positive and refreshing!
One of several possible excellent solutions, including politeness.
Thank you for your post, sir. I hope others may join in.

Lightbulbs with mercury.
Now we need televisions with plutonium and nuclear cars.

...yeah...population check.

Livin Woodbury wrote:

what is a little bit of mercury????
thats how this is sold by Liberals.
Is that like being a little pregnant????

BINGO !!!

I lived in Catasauqua for awhile.
Got a letter from the boro saying there is

" An acceptable level of gasoling in the boro water supply."

We used bottled water.
Interestingly , none of the boro employees lived there.

" an acceptable level of gasoling in your drinking water" ..........yeah

GASOLINE........you knew that.

just a bit of mercury won't hurt you in your home...

wink, wink.....

How do you know if you have ingested to much mercury?

When the local TV and radio weathermen look to you to get the accurate temperatures for their news casts.

Mtgolfer wrote:

Isn't it funny how the liberals and enviromentalists, who would normally be screaming hysterically over mercury, don't utter a peep about this?

Even if new bulbs were invented by
stupid Republicans???

You mean like the republican president who signed the bill that will obsolete incandescents?

ABC wrote:

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Even if new bulbs were invented by
stupid Republicans???

Yes the new compact fluorescent bulbs have some mercury in them, so did the original regular fluorescent bulbs! Few people made a big stink about that, so why worry too much now about CFLs?

"tyrannogenius"

Neil wrote:

Yes the new compact fluorescent bulbs have some mercury in them, so did the original regular fluorescent bulbs! Few people made a big stink about that, so why worry too much now about CFLs?
"tyrannogenius"

We didn't have those bulbs pushed down our throat.

Neil wrote:

Yes the new compact fluorescent bulbs have some mercury in them, so did the original regular fluorescent bulbs! Few people made a big stink about that, so why worry too much now about CFLs?
"tyrannogenius"

and where do the vast majority end up???

in the dump you dum dum

CFL bulbs have compounded the mercury problem and now its in our house and eventually in the dump...

whats the point?????

Patrick wrote:

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Remember when they were convinced that chlorinated water caused cancer?
10,000 people died and over a million were sickened with cholera after Peru stopped chlorinating their tap water. Ooops.
In the the DC area, they switched from chlorine to chloramine. This unfortuately caused lead to leach out of the pipes. Ooops.

These are not the only problems. It has been known for years by Industrial Hygienist and Toxicologist that amine containing compounds (such as chloramine) contribute to bladder cancer (Ooops, again!)I wish these liberal, ecomaniac do-gooders would stop trying to make everyone live forever. They are only complicating and perverting honest science to suit their causes.(The truth plays no role in presenting their "facts" if they are trying to "win" a cause.)

Neil wrote:
Yes the new compact fluorescent bulbs have some mercury in them, so did the original regular fluorescent bulbs! Few people made a big stink about that, so why worry too much now about CFLs?
"tyrannogenius"

Tank Murdoch wrote:
and where do the vast majority end up???

in the dump you dum dum
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Well, Tank, whose fault is that?

Dr_C, it is silly to refer to wanting some form of chlorination as a "liberal" program - all advanced societies chlorinate (or equivalent) public drinking water to hold down bacteria. What, are you so "conservative" that you'd like to go back to early 19th century London will people dropping all around from Cholera?

LEDs are much better than CFLs

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