Hahaha! EU now to ban energy saving lightbulbs...?

[Skybird]

German article:
http://www.welt.de/finanzen/verbrauc...verbieten.html

Due to the quicksilver in them, the German Bundesumweltamt warns of the high risk of intoxication when these light bulbs break, causing a room climate that exceeds legal limits for quicksilver by more than a factor of 20. German EU parliamentaries now demand thew commission to ban these bulbs from the market in short time, combined with a warning that their use should be avoided in children's areas and households with pregnant women from immediately on.

„Ich erwarte von der EU-Kommission, dass sie das Verbot von Glühbirnen unverzüglich außer Kraft setzt“, sagte Reul – und forderte umgekehrt, ein Verbot für die Energiesparlampe in betracht zu ziehen: „Außerdem muss die Kommission überprüfen, ob die als Alternative vorgesehene Energiesparlampe aufgrund der nachgewiesenen Gesundheitsgefahren überhaupt noch vertrieben werden darf.“ Der CDU-Politiker warf der EU-Kommission vor, dass sie „getrieben vom Klimaschutzwahn Symbolpolitik betrieben hat, die weder dem Klimaschutz noch der Gesundheit der Menschen dient“.

I expect the EU commission to immediately cancel the prohibition of classic light bulbs", said Reul - and demanded in return that a ban on en ergy saving lightbulbs should be considered: "Additionally the commission has to check whether energy saving lightbulbs should be allowed to be sold anymore, due to the proven health risks." The (conservatrive) CDU politician accused the commission, that "driven by climate protection craze it runs just symbolic policies that neither serves climate protection nor the health of the people."

I say to this just this: one of the young daughters of a good girlfriend of mine broke such a lightbulb during playing in early summer. At that time I just had told the mother of the risks involved, but she did not believe it. The breaking lightbulb was not noticed by the parents immediately. Since then the kid is in doctor'S treatement, with breathing problems, and a form of blood intoxication that is medically proven, they tried to detox her repeaytedly, with smaller and smaller remains showing up in her blood and liver scans.

The danger obviously is not just a theoretic but a very real one. Now imagine a pregnant mother inhaling quicksilver gas (its a gas, due to the heating of the light bulb), and what that would mean for the embryo or fetus.

EU policies - all too often nothing more than geltungssüchtiger, unausgegorener Aktionismus (= attention-craving crude actionism).