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John Mayer, 'Stop This Train'

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njdhockeyfan2/16/2011 6:29:24 am PST

re: #391 publicityStunted

Mercury Emissions Up at Coal-Burning Power Plants

Compared to…

I don’t understand the coal plants vs CF light bulb comparison.

The amount of mercury in a CFLs glass tubing is minute; each Project Porchlight CFL bulb contains 2.5 mg of mercury, about the size of a period at the end of a sentence.

Yup, one bulb is not dangerous at all but what would happen if all light bulbs were changed over and billions of these bulbs were burried in landfills? I would bet you the mercury levels in the water around those landfills would rise, don’t ya think?