Shining a (mercury-filled) light on global warming kooks - Boston Herald- Topic: Global Warming News

If you’re a Cambridge Greenie who’s just broken one of your environmentally friendly compact fluorescent bulbs in the kids’ playroom - absolutely. A recent front-page story in USA Today pointed out that these “spaghetti bulbs” as they’re sometimes known, give off lousy, unflattering light; don’t work with dimmer or three-way switches; and can’t handle heat or cold well. The activist group Environmental Defense calls mercury “one of the most poisonous forms of pollution” and “a highly toxic heavy metal that can cause brain damage. Shouldn’t we be absolutely sure about the global warming crisis before we start buying our kids “WMD-Brand” night lights? Instead, there is mounting scientific evidence that the global warming panic isn’t a mere overreaction, it’s pure meteorological nonsense. Shouldn’t we be absolutely sure about the global warming crisis before we start buying our kids mercury-filled CFL bulbs? read more

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