So, unless someone can somehow develop a method of training mercury to stay in one place and not seep into things like the water table, over time that mercury will find its way into our lives. Mercury is a poison; it’s as simple as that.
Let’s say, for example, the light bulb in your child’s bedside lamp that has been replaced with a CFL was to accidently fall over, and the bulb breaks…the mercury in that CFL is so toxic that according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s website you should: Leave the room. Kick out the kids and pets. And whatever you do, don’t vacuum. Don’t vacuum? What if it breaks on carpet? What I’ve been told is: “To save the planet, you have to pack your home full of fragile glass vials of mercury, which you can’t throw away or clean up without a hazmat suit”.
“Okay, so I’ll just buy regular incandescent bulbs like I used to, and be more conscious of my energy usage.” Nope. On January 1st of 2014, the US banned the production and import of incandescent light bulbs. The only other alternatives to CFLs are Halogen or LED lights that have no negative side effects, but average 15-20 dollars a bulb versus 3-4 dollars for a mercury filled CFL time bomb.
The government, in its infinite wisdom, has gone ahead and taken our ability to decide what’s best for you, and stuck you with a toxic solution that will have the complete opposite result in correcting the environmental crisis, and you thought Obamacare was bad. Well, at least with Obamacare, the “affordable” insurance I am being forced to buy can pay for my mercury poisoning treatments.