Do you all know that those new lightbulbs?

Question

that will be mandatory all contain Mercury? And,

they are all made in Japan, not the U.S. They

can't be thrown in the trash and you must use

gloves to handle them, They can only be

disposed at a major recycle place, and they

have to be really careful. Can anyone tell me

why our government would make mandatory

only lightbulbs from Japan with dangerous

Mercury inside?? Makes no sense to me. I've

bought up a bunch of our tried and true bulbs

we've used for years and will continue to use

them as long as I possibly can. You might want

to also. What do you think?

Answer 1

There is a lawsuit going on about that  www.naturalnews.com/021907.html

Answer 2

I think your right. I asked that question if they last longer than the traditional. I seen in a restaurant that they (new type of bulb) don't last a year and I have the old ones at home and they last 6 years.

Answer 3

have not heard of this but i will look it up

ok its not mandatory im pretty sure but yea i would not want mercury lightbulbs

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news...

Answer 4

It's the "Green movement du jour". They consider the immediate affects of saving energy by using the CFL bulbs, but don't really consider the effects of the mercury. They'll be out of office by the time a CFL bulb burns out and has to be thrown away.

If you want an extremely energy saving bulb that lasts a long time and doesn't use mercury, try looking into LED bulbs. They're a bit expensive right now, but they use about 1/10th the power of a CFL bulb.

Answer 5

well first of all

-they last longer (about 10,000 hours)

-they are safer and kinder to the environment

-they use less energy as normal light bulbs

JUST PLAIN BETTER FOR THE EARTH!!

~peace

Answer 6

Yes, its part of the big envirowhacko scam.  I don't imagine the people of the US are going to sit still when, in a free market, they are told they have to put these crappy light bulbs in, in order to 'save the planet' (aka make Al gore rich).  Time for Americans to stand up and assert their Constitutional rights of liberty, property, and limited government and to tell these fringe Moonbats to take a hike.

Answer 7

To each his own.  Incandescent bulbs use more energy than the new light bulbs.  I like saving money and my electric bill did decrease noticeably by using the bulbs.  They last for seven years (or so I'm told, haven't had mine that long) and if they also help us environmentally that is also a plus. You don't have to wear gloves to install energy saving bulbs.  I can't tell you how many times I broke a themometer as a child and played with the Mercury.  I was a freshman in high school before I learned that was dangerous.  To be poisoned by mercury would have taken a lot more than what was in those themometers at the time and what is in the lightbulbs now.

I haven't heard anything about energy saving bulbs becoming mandatory.  I'd like to know how that would be policed! LOL!  

As for made in Japan, Japan makes most of our products these days: cars, music systems, appliances, etc., etc., etc.  You know the brands as well as I do and I bet you have plenty of them in your home and/or garage. If people want me to "buy American" American production needs to step up the quality and lower prices.  Outsourcing is a problem we need to take up with our congress.  We haven't and we won't because we are too busy trying to make enough money to survive.  The rascals know that too.  

Answer 8

So what exactly happens if they're thrown in the trash? We have those lightbulbs in the bathroom and they hurt my eyes alot because they're really sensitive (my eyes) so I always have to look down towards the ground, I hate it in the early morning, puts me in a bad mood.

Why is it bad that it contains Mercury? Honest question.

Answer 9

Members of Congress are beginning to have second thoughts about the ban on incandescent light bulbs effective in 2014 as a result of an energy bill signed into law earlier this year.

Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas, says his objection is very basic – the Constitution doesn’t authorize Congress to do anything remotely like banning a product that has been used safely and efficiently for more than 100 years in favor of Chinese-imported compact fluorescent light bulbs that pose considerable health and safety risks.