Green Hell dispels many of the green movement’s myths that have been spread the last few years. Listed on the NY Times Best Seller List, the book attacks these myths with facts.
Case in point, those wonderful little CFL light bulbs that we all must switch to, as federally mandated. Not only do they cost you more at the store, and then to deal with when they burn out, because you simply cannot throw them in the trash because they contain MERCURY. This doesn’t even cover the headache that will take place if you break one in your home:
“Consider the case of Brandy Bridgesof Ellsworth, Maine, who had the misfortune of dropping a CFL. — Bridges called her local Home Depot for advice. The store told her — she should call the poison control hotline which in turn directed her to the Maine Department of Environmental protection. The DEP sent a specialist to Bridges’s house to test for mercury contamination. The specialist found mercury levels — in excess of six times the state’s ’safe’ level for mercury contamination [and] recommended that Bridges call an environmental cleanup firm, which gave her a ‘low-ball’ estimate of $2,000 to clean up the room. The room was sealed off with plastic and Bridges began ‘gathering finances’ to pay for the costly cleaning.”
In related news, the House has started to discuss and debate issues related to the environment and “climate change“.