Don't know about you - but I'll be screaming my head off to stop this - I knew it was coming, England already passed the same thing.
The federal gov't needs to stay out of our houses - the Fed Gov't that gave us the toilet that needs double flushing - The "One size fits all" govt' (I have my own septic, own well, on a ridge surrounded by bogs - high water table no matter the drought. I DO NOT need a low flush toilet)
But, Folks THIS is far worse...These bulbs are deadly if broken! (Ever break a bulb? Your kids ever Break a bulb?)
Have you READ the
hazmat instructions
on how these little bombs need to be disposed of? Do you have a haz mat suit?
Not to worry, they tell you all the stuff to put on the simulate one....here's the rules - hard to find - I suspicion because people will say "WHAT!!!!"
What if I accidentally break a fluorescent bulb in my home?
The most important thing to remember is to never use a vacuum . A standard vacuum will spread mercury containing dust throughout the area as well as potentially contaminating the vacuum. What you should do is:
Keep people and pets away from the breakage area so that the mercury in the powder inside the bulb is not accidentally tracked into other areas.
Ventilate the area by opening windows.
Wear appropriate personal protective equipment, such as rubber gloves, safety glasses, old clothing or coveralls, and a dust mask (if you have one) to keep bulb dust and glass from being inhaled.
Carefully remove the larger pieces and place them in a secure closed container, preferably a glass container with a metal screw top and gasket seal like a canning jar.
Next, begin collecting the smaller pieces and dust. You can use a disposable broom and dustpan or two stiff pieces of paper to scoop up pieces.
Put all material into the glass container. Pat the area with the sticky side of duct, packing or masking tape. Wipe the area with a damp cloth or paper towels to pick up fine particles.
Put all waste and materials used to clean up the bulb in the glass container and label it “Universal Waste - broken lamp”.
Take the container for recycling as universal waste. To determine where your town has made arrangements for recycling of this type of waste
(link for my state
http://www.maine.gov/dep/rwm/homeowner/fluorescent.htm
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Are you willing to go through this - are you willing to gamble your children will never break a bulb when you're not around?
And how the he*l is this helping our environment 0 it takes energy to recycle...
I tell you what I suspicion: Just like the Global Warming scam, there's lots of money to be made by forcing everyone to buy these bulbs - I'd love to see the stockholders names - well, of course, certain people will have proxy accounts - but mark my word...this is going to get some lawmakers very rich.
This is INSANE...Not withstanding, as a poster mentioned, that they DON'T WORK with dimmers - or motion detectors, (and who is the Fed Gov't to determine we can't have them? My motion detector lights are vital for me, a handicapped ole lady, when I get up at night and my motion detector porch light is a vital safety need) *** How can the get away with demanding every household will contain several breakable highly toxic bulbs???
Can't this be defeated on that premise alone? Where the CDC on safety not only for us but our children???? (Good thing they aren't coming from China!)
We need to do a massive alert on this...sent to everyone in your email box and tell them to do the same - get it on YouTube - we have to nip this in the bud.
In the meantime, I'm stocking up. I'll be the little ole granny, shades drawn, knitting by the light of my contraband light bulbs.
As well, I'm setting up tow enterprises: A handy haz-mat box, complete with clothing and glass jars with seals....and then, an underground network for selling contraband bulbs.
