Posted by Eric Gisin on 11/06/07 04:27

"Rita Ä Berkowitz" <ritaberk2O04 @aol.com> wrote in message
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> Igor wrote:
>
>> I'm all for showing a healthy skepticism towards environmentalists and
>> the government, but in this case, I really don't see what the problem
>> is. It's just a set of guidelines for disposing of CRTs.
>
> Try taking a CRT to the landfill. Better yet, try taking a 40' shipping
> container of them for disposal and you'll see what brick wall you run into.
> It's easier and more economical shipping them to China.
>
As if PbO glass is toxic! People have been eating on it for 2500 years.

>> In the last paragraph, they do encourage people to switch to LCDs, but
>> it shouldn't be surprising that an agency like the EPA would want
>> people to switch to a technology with lower power consumption and that
>> (apparently) contains less hazardous materials than CRTs.
>
> There's still mercury in the backlight. This shit is so pervasive that you
> can't buy thermostats containing mercury switches in certain states. It's
> getting worse.
>
There is mercury in CFLs, and EPA doesn't care were you dump them.
Maybe Kaliforni Nutz and EU enviro-nazis do, but not sane people.

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