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Old 12-08-2012, 02:26 PM   #244 (permalink)
jamesqf
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Regarding CFLs and mercury, the concern does seem to be rather exaggerated. I used to work in San Jose, and most days would bike to work along this supposedly mercury-polluted stream: Los Alamitos Creek - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - which supports trees, fish, deer, bobcats, and supposedly (though I never saw one) mountain lions. Used to go hiking around the old mercury mines here: Almaden Quicksilver County Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Now I wouldn't go around claiming that mercury emissions are a good thing, but here and elsewhere, ecosystems seem to deal with it.