The new compact lightbulb vs. regular lightbulb
Just recently my partner and I had this conversation.
“I really can’t believe how society are pushing the use of new compact light bulb. Sure they last longer than the regular light bulb , the ones we have used for years. The ones Edison discovered in the 1870’s.”
I responded with the question,” What do you mean?”
He shook his head and said “People don’t realize that these new bulbs have mercury in them and tell me, after that bulb is spent, what do you do with it???”” Not in the garbage, this is mercury we are talking about. A highly toxic material.”
Everyone is pushing out the incandescent light bulb, but at what cost? And speaking about cost. Here is a story of what the cost is if you happen to break one (like dropping it)
Consider this lady’s plight.
When the bulb she was installing in a ceiling fixture of her 7-year-old daughter’s bedroom crashed to the floor and broke into the shag carpet, she wasn’t sure what to do. Knowing about the danger of mercury, she called Home Depot, the retail outlet that sold her the bulbs.
According to the Ellison American, the store warned her not to vacuum the carpet and directed her to call the poison control hot line in Prospect, Maine. Poison control staffers suggested she call the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the Maine Department of Environmental Protection.
The latter sent over a specialist to test the air in her house for mercury levels. While the rest of the house was clear, the area of the accident was contaminated above the level considered safe. The specialist warned Bridges not to clean up the bulb and mercury powder by herself – recommending a local environmental cleanup firm.
That company estimated the cleanup cost, conservatively, at $2,000. And, no, her homeowners insurance won’t cover the damage.
Since she could not afford the cleanup, Bridges has been forced to seal off her daughter’s bedroom with plastic to avoid any dust blowing around. Not even the family pets are permitted in to the bedroom. Her daughter is forced to sleep downstairs in an overcrowded household.
She has continued to call public officials for help – her two U.S. senators included. So far, no one is beating down Bridges’ door to help – not even Al Gore, whose Academy Award-winning movie, “An Inconvenient Truth,” urges everyone to change to COMPACTFLORESCENTLIGHTs to save the planet from global warming.
A BIG air Hand Punch To: Joseph Farah
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IF YOU WISH TO USE THESE BULBS PLEASE FIND A PLACE LIKE THIS TO DISPOSE OF THEM. HERE IS ANOTHER HELPFUL LINK.
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