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Fluorescent Lamps contain and operate on exciting MERCURY VAPOR, which then causes the phosphorous on the glass to fluoresce, and thus the incorrect name given to these mercury vapor lamps Mercury is a well known highly toxic poison and one 4 foot T8 lamp contains about a MILLIONS of times the concentration of Mercury in air that is the maximum safe level. Mercury gas is much heavier than air and, it will thus remain near the ground level and will easily entrain itself into anything it touches , including carpets furniture and flooring. Mercury gas is odorless and colorless, and...

The myth of the electric car is exploded by the Royal Society of Chemistry in a hard-hitting piece featured in the influential journal Research Fortnight, published today. In it, the RSC chief executive, Dr Richard Pike, says: "...in the UK right now there is a woolly thinking, a lack of scientific scrutiny and, from 2011, a potential waste of £250 million of public money, to subsidise the purchase of over 50,000 vehicles." The article goes on to assert: Carbon emissions advantage of the electric car in today's UK would be small. 50,000 electric cars would lower the total UK carbon...

Witnesses say that a 25-year-old man who was shot by police Saturday after becoming violent at a McDonald's had demanded "curly fries" in the fast-food restaurant - and reacted badly when they weren't available, according to residents living near the restaurant. "I heard he really went nuts in there," said John Perry, who was sitting outside the Esquimalt McDonald's yesterday afternoon. The man is recovering in hospital, where he underwent surgery for a single gunshot wound to the abdomen. He is expected to recover. The officer who fired the shot is on administrative leave while the matter is investigated by...