Some of the rightwing press was “sticking it to the greenies” with undisguised glee over the weekend, with claims that the new energy-saving lightbulbs were going to murder innocent families in their beds.
Well here’s the facts from Royal Society of Chemistry – in short that there is a tiny fraction of the mercury found in thermometers, that it is in ALL flourescent bulbs, including the strip type, which have been around for a very long time, overall, that this is a storm in a teacup.
Current methods of correct disposal no doubt are inadequate – but that’s true of many others things, including batteries. Everything we use has an environmental cost – that’s simply a fact.
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