Posted on 01/15/2012 5:16:15 AM PST by Rocky
The is the first in a multi-part series of articles exposing the lies and misinformation behind legislation mandating the replacement of incandescent light bulbs with potentially unsafe compact florescent light (CFL) bulbs.
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According to provisions of legislation passed by congress in 2007, the 100-watt incandescent bulb was to be off the shelves this January, followed by a phase-out of the 75-watt version in January 2013 and the 60- and 40-watt versions in January 2014. But last month congress granted consumers a reprieve by including in its spending bill a measure delaying enforcement of the ban until the end of the 2012.
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According to Wattsworks.com, “Breaking a single CFL bulb in a room can result in mercury vapor levels 300 times in excess of what the EPA has established as safe for prolonged exposure. Serious health effects are associated with mercury exposure. Unborn and young children, elderly and those with weakened health are particularly vulnerable.”
(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...
An event as I describe would surely draw attantion to the whole CFL scam and scenario.
The cfl bulbs have about 4-6 mg of mercury in them.
The old mercury thermometers had 500mg in them and you shoved them in your mouth.
Risk of a single bulb is next to nothing.
Risk of 100m in a landfill is something else.
No local hospitals have a poison center.
There is usually 1 poison center per state.. Some of the population dense states have more.
Lady got screwed on the clean up cost..Used car salesman type saw her a mile away and rooked her for all she was worth.
Yep,
It’s always a good idea to check snopes before one repeats a story.
http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/cfl.asp
I remember that one - prophetic...
It’s the new alar on apples.
What are we supposed to do with this list?
I doubt that many people will be dropping over dead from mercury exposure as a result of these bulbs.
But we don't really know what the overall impact will be. People will certainly not follow the recommended procedure for handling or disposing of broken bulbs, or of burned-out bulbs. It seem irresponsible to require that everyone use these bulbs until more is known.
The second article in the series addresses performance of the bulbs.
The Poison Control Center was in a local hospital years ago (my bad) there is Poison Control Center listed with a local address and there are more than one Poison Control Centers in the state.
With clean up, removing hazardous materials or possible hazardous equipment according to EPA regulations it is a "license to steal". All contractors who can do this type work are expensive and finding one that is honest can be difficult.
Over the years I have known several used car sales persons who were very honest. I would not hesitate to purchase a used vehicle from them.
The odds that the woman in question got taken are at least 10 to 1 against her if not greater..
Satisfying EPA regulations is a license to steal all too often.
Everybody should file it away for future reference. You’ll need it for taking air samples to certify your room is safe after cleanup.
Years ago there were many many poison centers they have consolidated massively.
There are only 57 in the US currently.
Hey - that’s still one for every state! ;)
Touche.. Hadn’t thought about it in quite that way.
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