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Politics : The Environmentalist Thread

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To: miraje who wrote (32284)2/11/2011 2:21:55 PM
From: Elmer Flugum  Read Replies (2) of 36921
 
"LED) lights contained up to eight times the amount of lead allowed under California law......compact fluorescent bulbs, which contain dangerous mercury..."

8X lead allowed in semiconductors or in "lightbulbs"?

Mercury from CFL can be, and are now starting to be, recycled.

Keep in mind, LEDS last a very long time compared to incandescent and CFLs.

There are a number of ways to look at the situation.

len
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