Environment vs human impact

[mousme]

So it turns out that the mercury in those new-fangled lightbulbs is causing major health problems for the workers producing them.

I already knew that there were disposal issues with the bulbs because of the mercury content, but now there's an extra ethical dimension to it. I'm not sure which outweighs the other, or if I can even think of it in those terms.

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FWIW, my husband, who is a former environmental science researcher, is very much opposed to those mercury-laden bulbs. I have never bothered to formulate my own opinion on the matter because he knows more about it than I do.