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A Twisted Tale of a Broken Lightbulb
Category: Health
Posted on: May 7, 2007 12:05 PM, by EJGili
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like PZ said a major case of overreaction.
Posted by: justawriter | May 7, 2007 12:54 PM
>shouldn't require the services of a haz-mat team.
"Precisely" it did not require a haz-mat team.
See http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2007/05/compact_fluorescent_lights_are.php
Posted by: Hank Roberts | May 7, 2007 01:16 PM
Yeah, and I covered it at the old blog as Steve Milloy decided to use it as yet another example of how environmentalists will kill us all.
How long have fluorescent lights been used? 50 or 60 years? But now that environmentalists promote them it's like we've got an invasion of a new toxic product. Fear the environmentalists! They'll kill you with mercury and carbon credits!
Posted by: MarkH | May 7, 2007 03:31 PM