Fluorescent Bulbs Destroying The Planet

In yet another "I told you so" moment ... fluorescent bulbs are causing major damage to the planet. Not to mention the major health risks, and hidden costs associated with them that I warned you about here.

Fox News:

Highly efficient fluorescent light bulbs are widely touted as environmentally friendly, but they have created a recycling headache for the Environmental Protection Agency and local governments.

More often than not, their toxic ingredients simply end up in landfills, where the chemicals can leach into soil and water and poison fish and other wildlife.

Not only is mercury harmful to you and me, but it is extremely expensive to clean up, and it is a pollutant that should not be discarded in the trash.

The bulbs contain mercury and should not be tossed in the trash as are regular light bulbs.

"They're very efficient, but once they're used up, they become a ticking toxic time bomb," said Leonard Robinson, chief deputy director of the California Department of Toxic Substances Control. "They need to be captured and recycled."

Furthermore, many places don't provide options to recycle the cfl bulbs. Which means that people simply throw them away.