[jazusamo]

And so it goes, on and on.

[driftdiver]

The EPA bans dust from farmers efforts to work in their fields.

The EPA mandates dairy farmers have an emergency plan in case they spill milk.

The EPA has determined the very air we exhale to be regulated and controlled.

Somehow the EPA is silent on the issue of mercury in these lamps.

[Christian Engineer Mass]

“One gram of mercury will pollute a two acre pond. This 2007 light bulb standard brings a deadly poison into every residence in our nation.

“We do not have enough knowledge of the potential consequences of being continuously exposed to the electro magnetic field that compact florescent lamps emit. There are millions of people in this country with Lupus, an auto immune disease. Exposure to low doses of light from these lamps causes a sever rash.”

Sen. James Risch (R-Idaho) expressed similar concerns, during his questioning of the panel.

Pshtt. Mere neocon ultracons fighting the hope & change revolution



I was going to post a rolleyes smiley but hovercats are better

[GOPJ]

“One gram of mercury will pollute a two acre pond. This 2007 light bulb standard brings a deadly poison into every residence in our nation. “We do not have enough knowledge of the potential consequences of being continuously exposed to the electro magnetic field that compact florescent lamps emit.

Liberals don't care about 'facts' they care about 'control' and 'feeling good about themselves'... and this dangerous light bulb gives them both.

[FrankR]

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

““The biggest source of mercury in our environment, human caused mercury is from power production,” Nadel said. “If you use the conventional incandescent lamp I believe the EPA found that you would emit 5.5 grams of mercury into the atmosphere that then goes into the water. It can go into the fish and be ingested. “

On which freaking planet does an incandescent lamp or even the power needed to illuminate it produce 5.5 gms Hg? What a ludicrous, baseless assertion.

[jeffc]

Liberals always think their ideas are the best of the best and wonder why it wasn't thought of before. But then they can't think two steps down the road to what happens after.

I've said from the beginning: wait until we start to throw away these mercury bulbs en masse and our landfills are full of leaking mercury from these broken bulbs polluting the earth way more than any incandescent would. The libs will (then!) declare the mercury bulbs bad and outlaw the very thing they were pushing as "green" only a few short years before (but they won't admit to it and the lame stream "media" will cover for them)!

[Publius6961]

Hyperbole from any position creates lots of heat, but not much light.
This is so much Bullshit!*

Quadrillions of fluorescent bulbs have been used in office buildings, warehouses, factories and homes in the last 100 years, discarded, and most ponds in America is still just fine, thankyouverymuch.

If more nuclear plants are built, and energy returns to "too cheap to meter," I might return to incandescents.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Mercury contamination is a business opportunity for Democrat constituents.

Force people to buy CFL, then force them to buy hazardous waste services when they break one.

Win-win for the crony-capitalist crowd.

[Publius6961]

“Can you imagine mercury bulbs throughout a school? I mean, any time a kid wants a day off he’s going to break a mercury light bulb and that’s going to shut that school down and if they don’t they’re going to have trouble with the EPA according to what has to happen to clean it up,” Risch added.

The ignorant hysterical bureaucracies are clearly to blame for absurd reactions.

In my high school science labs every student learning chemistry and physics handled metallic mercury, and learned the difference between the metallic form, and soluble and insoluble mercury compounds.

Welcome to the idiocracy...

[MsLady]

Hmmm and in earthquake country this could be seriously bad news. Can you imagine half a dozen breaking around you and you have to step over them in bare feet to get out of your house? Or get caught inside and can’t get out? Hmmmmm....not good.

[353FMG]

Mercury is great for bone embrittlement. More older people of SS age will break bones and die sooner thereby assuring the survival of the ‘lockbox’ program.

Hell, if enough younger people die of mercury poisoning we may be able to lower our retirement age. We have such a smart and caring government.

[Paradox]

I use em, have for a very long time. Disposing of them does creep me out, so I save them in a sealed container when they do go out, and I plan to take those to the proper facility when it fills up. So far, I have about 3 bulbs over the past 5 years go out, and this is after 10 years of using them.

That said, I use incandescent lights in some parts of my home, like critical lighting, bathrooms, and places where the light will only be used intermittently.

[RobRoy]

When I found out these “mandated” bulbs contained mercury, I thought (and still do) think it would be fun to go downtown very early or late and bring the ones that have burned out with me (they burn out a LOT faster than claimed). Then I’d just “accidentally” drop and break them, one at a time, somewhere on the sidewalk.

What a cheap way to get your 15 minutes.

[longtermmemmory]

isn’t this how the hatters of the old days became mad.

they used mercury in the hat forming process and the poisoning drove the hatters mad.

[JamesA]

Just follow the money and you’ll find G.E.

[tubebender]

Doesn’t florescence lighting degrade any art work you may have hanging in a room with them unless you’re using UV resistance glass to cover them...