If mercury is so dangerous, why is the government requiring that we bring it into our homes in these stupid cfl bulbs?
So they can ban the CFL bulbs, and make us dependent on them for light.
So they can play musical chairs with our income. Next step is banning cfl bulbs, bringing back candles or something.
>> “If mercury is so dangerous, why is the government requiring that we bring it into our homes in these stupid cfl bulbs?” <<
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Or allowing dentists to stuff our teeth with it?
Hypocrisy, Government is thy name.
Honestly, I doubt many in the EPA or other environmentalists realize fluorescent lights or even Metal Halide lamps used in gyms, stadiums, warehouses and stores even have mercury in them.
“If mercury is so dangerous, why is the government requiring that we bring it into our homes in these stupid cfl bulbs?”
1) Mercury poisoning.
2) Global warming.
They probably figure mercury poisoning is the lesser of two evils.
I was talking to my wife about that just yesterday. Why on Earth would the EPA require or even encourage us to use a product that is as dangerous as they claim a CFL to be? It is absurd.
Your question is actually a very good one.
Metallic mercury isn’t really all that poisonous, as all of us who played with gobs of the stuff at home and in science class back in ‘70’s and earlier know.
On the other hand, organometallic mercury compounds are pretty much uniformly very poisonous, and mercury vapor will react with organic compounds in the body if inhaled to form hideously poisonous organometallic compounds, and it’s mercury vapor that the “greens” hornswaggled the Feds into forcing on us in those nasty lightbulbs.