If anyone should be sued, it should be the administration that is mandating CFLs.....
> these new CFL bulbs > that everyone is pushing have plenty of mercury in them.. In the US, > most people seem to just toss them in the trash (headed for the landfill). > I know that in Butte, Montana they used to mine copper in an open pit > mine using astonishing amounts of mercury. Their water table is > permanently poisoned... (But I don't think that stops them from using it!) > > -Adam > > On 2/9/2012 8:19 AM, Nick wrote: > > > > > On Feb 9, 4:02 pm, Nicholas Stock<nickst...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Nick, we used to do the same with the trains....small pennies or pieces of > >> granite from the sidings...fun times. As a practicing chemist, I understand > >> the hazards with dealing with toxic substances, but some of this has got > >> out of hand. Mercury salts are the ones to truly be worried about, and > >> alkyl mercurys can kill you very quickly, but mercury vapour inhalation > >> takes some time to manifest symptoms I believe....I still remember one kid > >> in my class who thought it was funny to swallow a small drop of > >> mercury....probably just passed right through him (I didn't ask at the > >> time..;-) > > In Victorian times, a pint of liquid mercury used to be drunk as a > > cure for constipation (it was collected afterwards for reuse - a sort > > of family heirloom). > > > Nick- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB.
