http://earth911.com/news/2008/01/07/report-low-energy-bulbs-harmful-to-some/ Make Everyday Earth Day Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:41:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://earth911.com/news/2008/01/07/report-low-energy-bulbs-harmful-to-some/comment-page-1/#comment-30941 Magga Sat, 08 Aug 2009 15:26:55 +0000 http://earth911.com/blog/2008/01/07/report-low-energy-bulbs-harmful-to-some/#comment-30941 My family and I recently traveled to Florida for a vacation. I love walking the beaches looking for shells. I was SHOCKED when I came across a lightbuld that had come up on the shore...one of the new ones with 5% mercury in them. Luckily it had made it to shore unbroken. Why would a light bulb come up on shore? If there is one, there will be more...and more mercury in our fish. Something must be done... My family and I recently traveled to Florida for a vacation. I love walking the beaches looking for shells. I was SHOCKED when I came across a lightbuld that had come up on the shore…one of the new ones with 5% mercury in them. Luckily it had made it to shore unbroken. Why would a light bulb come up on shore? If there is one, there will be more…and more mercury in our fish. Something must be done…

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