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Topic: Nations agree on legally
binding mercury rules |
Nations agree on legally
binding mercury rules
BBC [UK], by Staff
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Posted By:Attercliffe, 1/19/2013 12:26:21 PM
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| More than 140 countries have agreed on a set of legally binding measures to curb mercury pollution, at UN talks. [Snip]The convention will regulate a range of areas, including: the supply of and trade in mercury; the use of mercury in products and industrial processes; the measures to be taken to reduce emissions from artisanal and small-scale gold mining; the measures to be taken to reduce emissions from power plants and metals production facilities. Ahead of the five-day meeting, the UN Environment Programme (Unep) published a report warning that developing nations were facing growing health and environmental risks from
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Comments:
No specific mention of toxic curly bulbs.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
voxpopuli, 1/19/2013 12:47:35 PM (No. 9126587)
i think this is a great idea..
they could bring in 500,000 Blue Helmets to enforce this in America.. and confiscate all guns while they are at it...
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
SoCalGal, 1/19/2013 12:47:39 PM (No. 9126588)
And we are being forced to buy and use mercury-loaded "energy-saving" light bulbs.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
BaseballFan, 1/19/2013 12:52:03 PM (No. 9126596)
Wow, what timing. Mrs. BaseballFan and I were just discussing how useless the curly bulbs are.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
wilarrbie, 1/19/2013 12:53:09 PM (No. 9126597)
Buy quantities of the cheap ones. Break them on the steps of public places. Discreetly, of course. Call EPA to make sure the clean-up goes according to rules. Time to be a pain in the govt´s rear end.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
killerbee, 1/19/2013 1:08:51 PM (No. 9126615)
I agree with other posters. CFL´s are a danger to humans and, especially, to the environment. There is no outlet for disposing of them. State and local governments seem to have no plan except possibly a once-a-year toxic waste pick-up.
And do you think most people even realize that these bulbs are dangerous? No, they´re just throwing them in the trash.
I was in a waiting room in a hospital when I saw a janitor changing out florescent light rods. I asked him how they disposed of them since they´re toxic and nobody from Waste Management has ever told us what to do with them. His response? "It´s okay to throw some of them in the trash. Just not a lot." He basically admitted that he was about to throw those rods in the regular bin. He didn´t know of any other way to dispose of them. I had thought a hospital would have a contract or something and I could get a lead on what I should do with mine.
They will cause pollution. They will cause illness. Our government has made no preparations for dealing with spent ones. Why in Sam´s Hill are we making them one of very few options?
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
MattMusson, 1/19/2013 2:37:32 PM (No. 9126748)
#4 WOW! What a great idea - forcing the Libs to live by their own playbook!
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
nonsense, 1/19/2013 2:46:34 PM (No. 9126761)
Those flu vaccines the National Government has been pushing contain mercury, as well as the vaccinations that small children receive in multiple doses. Any word on curbing the damage this mercury does?
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
rabbit, 1/19/2013 3:04:50 PM (No. 9126789)
LOL, #7 - the IOM came out this past week and claimed that the mercury in flu vaccines is the "safe" kind, because they knew that this ruling was coming down. Earth to IOM: mercury is an element; there is no "safe" kind.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
whyyeseyec, 1/19/2013 6:52:39 PM (No. 9127069)
Great idea #4. Almost like a new age graffiti artist. Break mercury filled light bulbs all over govn property. Maybe if enough of a mess is created they may eventually see the light.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Bur Oak, 1/19/2013 7:30:05 PM (No. 9127120)
I feel better already just knowing that the elite are taking care of me.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
columba, 1/19/2013 9:53:58 PM (No. 9127280)
My father had a flask of mercury in the basement. When we went gold-panning on weekends, my sister and I often found mercury with the gold. It was fun to play with.
Yesterday I asked my wife for a thermometer.
She came up with a digital one that requires a battery. I think the battery was dead.
Thermometers with mercury do not need batteries.
I am not dead either, and I expect to live into my 90s
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Charactercounts, 1/20/2013 4:41:20 AM (No. 9127502)
I thought you could return dead batteries and CFL bulbs to stores like Home Depot.
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