Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was a little late coming to this thread, and there's little I can add that has not already been said. However, I did miss the beginning of this discussion, so forgive me if these links have already been posted: http://acecam.com/magazine/battery2.html http://www.criscam.com/mr9b.htm - -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:belinkoff@earthlink.net Chuck Albertson wrote: > > The stuff rots your brain, especially kids' brains---take a look at the > back-of-the-book photos in Minimata for examples. If mercury is still being > used in flourescent lights, it's probably due to a lack of alternative > materials at the moment (or the political clout of the flourescent light > manufacturers). There are alternatives to its use in batts, however, which > is why it can and should be banned in them. In all of the contaminated > landfill cases I've been involved in the past 10 years, mercury is one the > most common (and persistent) contaminant in most of them, and it's generally > put down to discarded batts in household waste.