Environment and Property Rights

Re: 2009 House Bill 4277 (Ban dumping products with mercury in landfills )

shearwater — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 01:32:22 GMT

In Illinois, the State Legislators around 1978, declared that a certain amount of mercury was the limit that could be accepted in potable water for human consumption. After a bit of study it was discovered that no aquifer on earth could be found to be be below the Illinois acceptable limits for mercury. So we have lawyers in place of scientists doing the work of bungling up something that should be given to scientists.

If these lawyers go ahead with this, it will have extensive ramifications for coal fired power plants. I can imagine that the trash from the Twin Towers was loaded with mecury due to the vast amount of florescent lighting and I can understand that many firemen and others in the area would have been poisoned by this mercury laden litter.

So my question is where will florescent lights be disposed of?

Re: 2009 House Bill 4277 (Ban dumping products with mercury in landfills )

changeagent — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:45:17 GMT

So what will we do with all those great compact fluorescent bulbs we were forced to buy when they quit working?

Re: 2009 House Bill 4277 (Ban dumping products with mercury in landfills )

zeroemissions — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:27:42 GMT

Thank you. With all of our new energy saving lights...this could an ever growing horrible problem. Thank you for your work!

2009 House Bill 4277 (Ban dumping products with mercury in landfills )

admin — Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT

Introduced in the House on February 17, 2009

Click here to view bill details.