So, the mercury bulbs were deemed harmful to the environment by CONGRESS in 2005. But now they're a MUST USE for indoors? THAT IS INSANE.....Just as we have repeatedly said.
Yep, "Dumb and dumber" are any elected officials who vote for this indoor MUST USE.
Do forward this to all your elected officials...and demand that they REPEAL the ban on the incandescent (regular) light bulbs...if only so they show any ability to think. Demand to know WHY they want the harmful mercury ones.
Excerpt..."Yes, you read that right. In 2005, Congress passed a law banning mercury vapor streetlights – two years before it banned incandescent light bulbs in favor of mercury vapor compact florescent bulbs.
Under the Energy Policy Act, signed by President Bush in August 2005, manufacturers cannot make or import ballasts for mercury vapor lights after Jan. 1, 2008.
According to the act, mercury vapor security lights are being phased out to "protect the environment" and to "promote energy efficiency" in lighting.
.....Yet the federal government is pushing consumers to replace traditional incandescent bulbs used in their homes with compact fluorescents containing toxic mercury vapor.
A former Energy Department official says there's a regulatory "disconnect" regarding mercury lighting.
"We're removing mercury from outside the home while adding it inside," he said. "It makes no sense."
Read more: Feds can't make up minds on mercury bulbs http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=325049#ixzz1Stitv4Qq
MERCURY LIGHT BULBS MANDATE - DUMB AND DUMBER
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