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Barack Obama Proclaims "Let There Be Light"
(fluorescent, that is)
Barack Obama Proclaims "Let There Be Light"
(fluorescent that is)
Obama announced that he is setting new standards for fluorescent and
incandescent lighting as part of a series of steps to promote energy
efficiency across the country. He said that Energy Secretary Steven Chu is
taking a look at the light bulbs in the executive mansion’s more than 130
rooms and we’re going to see what we need to replace them with
energy-efficient light bulbs.
Brandy Bridges heard the claims of government officials, environmentalists
and retailers like Wal-Mart all pushing the idea of replacing incandescent
light bulbs with energy-saving and money-saving compact fluorescent lamps.
So, the Prospect, Maine, resident went out and bought two dozen CFLs and began installing them in her home. One broke. A month later, her
daughter's bedroom remains sealed off with plastic like the site of a
hazardous materials accident, while Bridges works on a way to pay off a
$2,000 estimate by a company specializing in environmentally sound cleanups
of the mercury inside the bulb.
With everyone from Al Gore to Wal-Mart to the Environmental Protection
Agency promoting CFLs as the greatest thing since, well, the light bulb,
consumers have been left in the dark about a problem they will all face
eventually – how to get rid of the darn things when they burn out or, worse
yet, break.
When the bulb she was installing in a ceiling fixture of her 7-year-old
daughter's bedroom crashed to the floor and broke into the shag carpet, she
wasn't sure what to do. Knowing about the danger of mercury, she called Home
Depot, the retail outlet that sold her the bulbs.
According to the Ellison American, the store warned her not to vacuum the
carpet and directed her to call the poison control hotline in Prospect,
Maine. Poison control staffers suggested she call the Maine Center for
Disease Control and Prevention and the Maine Department of Environmental
Protection.
The latter sent over a specialist to test the air in her house for mercury
levels. While the rest of the house was clear, the area of the accident was
contaminated above the level considered safe. The specialist warned Bridges
not to clean up the bulb and mercury powder by herself – recommending a
local environmental cleanup firm.
That company estimated the cleanup cost, conservatively, at $2,000. And, no,
her homeowners insurance won't cover the damage.
Since she could not afford the cleanup, Bridges has been forced to seal off
her daughter's bedroom with plastic to avoid any dust blowing around. Not
even the family pets are permitted in to the bedroom. Her daughter is forced
to sleep downstairs in an overcrowded household.
She has continued to call public officials for help – her two U.S. senators
included. So far, no one is beating down Bridges' door to help – not even Al
Gore, whose Academy Award-winning movie, "An Inconvenient Truth," urges
everyone to change to CFLs to save the planet from global warming.
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