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ENERGY SAVER GLOBE –MERCURY EXPOSURE
What happened?
On the 10th February 2011 the energy saver globe fused at the home of the Injured Patient. He did not wait for the globe to cool down, standing on a chair with a piece of cloth and remove the energy saver globe. Due to the heat of the energy saver globe he dropped the globe. As the globe fell on the floor it “explode” (brake). As he descend from the chair he stepped into the broken glass and exposed mercury powder.
The Injured Patient was admitted to hospital for treatment of the cuts. He spent two weeks in ICU and at one stage it was feared that his foot need to be amputated. Currently his foot is connected to a vacuum pump to remove continuously dead tissue. A Long road of recovery is awaiting him.

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I have no idea what the rest of the world is doing about these light bulbs, but they are being pushed upon us in Australia as an energy saving device. But they lack telling us the severity and danger of these bulbs when things go wrong.

To hell with them, I am going Fluoro bulbs throughout and getting rid of these dangerous and poisonous light bulbs.

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I have often told poeple that there no freakin good cause of what there made of, I'll send this onto the people the don't believe me.

Whats this government doing to us, besides killing us???

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Yeah same with canada, regular bulbs are getting harder to find. Not only are they toxic as hell if broken, people are "supposed" to dispose of them specially, and many people just throw them away like normal bulbs.... More ****in toxic pollution to be dumped in the ocean! The light they give off triggers migraines in me, so I avoid them at all costs for yet another good reason. If you want to be more green friendly LED is the way to go I think.

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All I know is, its bloody scary.
Take last night on TV for example and this shows how hypocrisy has gone to hell in a hand basket.

Couples with kids have a "Smart Meter" installed to apparently assist in less electricity usage. The kids are now suffering from severe migraines and one couple had to move out of their house.
They called in some whizz kid who monitors the radiation levels and said it was within the acceptable levels but still too high. Mind you Government and those who are backing these Smart Meters and are collecting double the money, are stating they are okay at these levels. The levels are no different than Microwaves and Mobile Phones.

Now go back 12-18 months ago (I have a good memory), we had people complaining about the radiation of mobile phones causing tumors of the brain. right near the ear area. Mobile phone companies said rubbish, they don't emit radiation!!!

So in that 12 - 18 month period, we have 2 different answers! Makes you want to shoot them all, as none of them can lie straight in bed.