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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[daveamongus.livejournal.com]

I think this is why my brain has increasingly been going "SPLUNGE!" over just about everything. Like the old joke that about being able to find a study indicating everything and anything will give you cancer, my decision-making process is starting to break down in the face of a glut of information that leaves me knowing less than when I started.

This isn't a head-in-sand thing, but a feeling of being overwhelmed. I wonder, at times, what the solution is--or if there is one.

(Here via joane, btw. We game with her in common, I believe.)

[joane.livejournal.com]

(He's kosher! One of Porter's merry men over on 10, and line 20 on the last version of your spreadsheet/cheat sheet. ;) )

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the heads-up! :)

Oh, and has mangafairy worked up the nerve to friend you yet? (It's Katie, and suddenly she's being shy ;) ).

[joane.livejournal.com]

Oh, for the love of Pete! No, she hasn't. I shall go pounce.

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Hi there, nice to meet you OOC. I am woefully behind on my SG10 reading, sadly. :)

[daveamongus.livejournal.com]

Quite alright ;) We seem to be a rather ... pokey group right now. Shouldn't take long to get caught up on our drama.