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Filipinos switching to CFL bulbs: poor hardest hit
“The Philippine government and the Asian Development Bank launched a campaign today (Sept. 26) to replace power-hungry incandescent light bulbs with more efficient compact fluorescent lamps,” according to a story at PhilStar.com. Compact fluorescent light bulbs contain mercury, one 0f the most … Continue reading
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CFL light bulbs are making a terrible mercury pollution problem even worse
An Associated Press story about mercury pollution in the United States has this shocking news: No fish can escape mercury pollution. That’s the take-home message from a federal study of mercury contamination released Wednesday that tested fish from nearly 300 … Continue reading
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