Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There are, of course, a zillion other ways to control the "threat" from mercury cells other than an outright ban. One suggestion was to have a deposit on the cells to encourage purchasers to return them to the store from which they bought the cell once it was dead. The reality is that flourescent lightbulbs introduce into the environment well over 1000 times the mercury that the batteries did; we all just toss the burned-out light tubes into the trash, and they break as soon as they are tossed into the landfill, if not before. The mercury batteries have to rust before they release mercury, and that is a matter of many years. The issue is one more of inflammatory environmentalism gone a-gley than of a reasoned response to a huge threat. As to the situation with the eating of fish, I am not a large-scale consumer of our finny friends. But I want to know just how these fish got mercury into their systems from camera batteries. Am I missing something? Is there a piscine market for MR-4 meters and old Spotmatics? Have I been neglecting a possible venue for camera shows I should be attending? Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!