Fluorescent lights release toxic mercury directly into the environment

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Fluorescent lights release toxic mercury directly into the environment

Monday, February 11, 2008 by: Mike Adams | Key concepts

 

 

There is an international campaign to ban the incandescent bulb in

favor of alternative sources of lighting, most notably fluorescents.

Unfortunately, fluorescents contain noxious chemicals including argon

and mercury that are contaminating the environment, specifically

through their accumulation in landfill waste. IN an effort to fight

the effects of global warming and save precious energy, federal and

state governments are attempting to find the best way to dispose of or

recycle fluorescent light bulbs.

 

According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), approximately

800 million fluorescent lamps are disposed of every year. It only

takes a single gram of mercury to contaminate a two-acre pond and

cause potential ecological damage through water pollution. Therefore,

800 million lamps produce enough mercury to contaminate about 20

million acres of water.

 

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Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Weight Gain

 

EurekaAlert

February 11, 2008

 

Cutting the connection between sweets and calories may confuse the

body, making it harder to regulate intake

 

Contact: Pam Willenz

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202-336-5700

American Psychological Association

 

WASHINGTON — Want to lose weight? It might help to pour that diet soda

down the drain. Researchers have laboratory evidence that the

widespread use of no-calorie sweeteners may actually make it harder

for people to control their intake and body weight. The findings

appear in the February issue of Behavioral Neuroscience, which is

published by the American Psychological Association (APA).

 

Psychologists at Purdue University's Ingestive Behavior Research

Center reported that relative to rats that ate yogurt sweetened with

glucose (a simple sugar with 15 calories/teaspoon, the same as table

sugar), rats given yogurt sweetened with zero-calorie saccharin later

consumed more calories, gained more weight, put on more body fat, and

didn't make up for it by cutting back later, all at levels of

statistical significance.

 

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