If you have the misfortune to include Mallard Fillmore amongst the Funnies in your local paper you will note that instead of merely pillorying liberals and anyone to the Left of Attilla the Hun he has had a sequence where he decries the switch to energy saver bulbs, pointing out (correctly) that they contain mercury and must therefore be disposed of carefully - somehow he has managed to link this with some as yet undiscovered plot by the Democrats to undermine Democracy, Freedom and Apple Pie.

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How many bulbs are going into the ground at your neighboring landfill? Sure, you threw them in a plastic bag and sealed it up, but it is still glass, and glass cuts plastic, not to mention pressure from all the other garbage and foreign matter thrown away, smashing the weight, and bursting the bag. These thin bags do not, repeat, do not stay sealed. Now, if you are living on this planet, and you are smart enough to see that the shorter bulbs last the more they sell. At first they said 10 years, now, yes we were stupid enough to buy them at first, ours lasts about 1-2 years. But remember, its just a small bulb with 5 milligrams of Mercury in them. Multiple the numbers of lights in your house, then count the hoses in your neighborhood. Now add the houses in your city. If you live in a small house, add a few bulbs. When you get the total, multiply that by 6,000 gallons, that is how much water is and will be contaminated! This is not figuring in land, fishes, etc. But what will that amount do?

5 milligrams of Mercury will contaminate 6,000 gallons of water.
So how does Mercury effect your body, for that matter, all in comes into contact with?

Mercury is associated with over 4,000 diseases now! Here is a few.......

· generalized morning stiffness

· joint pain

· rheumatoid arthritis

· mixed connective tissue disease

· skin rashes

· subcutaneous nodules (skin bumps)

· multiple sclerosis

· amyotropic lateral sclerosis

· neurological symptoms

· ringing in the ears

· burning and numbness sensations

· dry eyes and mouth

· immune dysfunction

· axillary lymph node swelling

· digestive disorders

· malnutrition

· leaky gut syndrome

· dysbiosis

· yeast and pathogenic bacteria infections

· chronic fatigue

· depression

· circulatory diseases

· atherosclerosis

. Crohn's Disease

. Alzheimer's Disease

. Heart Disease - Including High Blood Pressure

. Autoimmune Diseases

. Autism

. ALS

. Hair Loss

. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

. Diabetes

. Thyroid disease

. Parkinson’s disease

. Lupus

. Kidney disease

. Fibromyalgia

And the list goes on. These are not just suspected, but proven. But wait, that's not all folks. Wikipedia says..

Mercury damages the central nervous system, endocrine system, kidneys, and other organs, and adversely affects the mouth, gums, and teeth. Exposure over long periods of time or heavy exposure to mercury vapor can result in brain damage and ultimately death. Mercury and its compounds are particularly toxic to fetuses and infants. Women who have been exposed to mercury in pregnancy have sometimes given birth to children with serious birth defects (see Minamata disease).

Mercury exposure in young children can have severe neurological consequences, preventing nerve sheaths from forming properly. Mercury inhibits the formation of myelin, the building block protein that forms these sheaths.[8]

There is some evidence that mercury poisoning may predispose to Young's syndrome (men with bronchiectasis and low sperm count).[9]

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