Re: Fluorescent Bulbs Are Known to Zap Domestic Tranquillity; Energy-Savers a Turnoff for Wives

["Robert L Bass" <no-sales-spam@bassburglaralarms>]

> The EPA has a step-by-step procedure
> for cleaning up after breaking a fluorescent.

According to that same EPA document,
mercury in CFL's is not the problem.  Coal
fired power plants emit vast amounts of
mercury into the atmosphere in the process
of providing electricity for conventional bulbs.

"Mercury is an element (Hg on the periodic
table) found naturally in the environment.
Mercury emissions in the air can come from
both natural and man-made sources. Utility
power plants (mainly coal-fired) are the
largest man-made source, because mercury
that naturally exists in coal is released into
the air when coal is burned to make electricity.
Energy efficient CFLs present an opportunity
to prevent mercury emissions from entering
the environment because they help to reduce
emissions from coal-fired power plants.
Coal-fired power generation accounts for
roughly 40 percent of the mercury emissions
in the U.S."

"EPA is implementing policies to reduce airborne
mercury emissions. Under regulations EPA
issued in 2005, mercury emissions from coal-fired
power plants will drop by nearly 70 percent by
2018."

"For more information on all sources of mercury,
visit http://www.epa.gov/mercury.";

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Regards,
Robert L Bass

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