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Graham Perrin

'Green' lightbulbs poison workers - Times Online - 0 views

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shared by Graham Perrin on 05 May 09 - Cached
  • a heavy environmental price is being paid for the production of “green” lightbulbs
  • reopening of mercury mines that have ruined the environment
  • depends on highly toxic mercury
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  • hundreds of workers at Chinese-owned factories have been poisoned by mercury over the past decade
  • Osram, as a responsible multi-national company, was probably the best employer in a hazardous sector
  • ruined mountain landscape of Guizhou province
  • Until recently, the conditions were medieval
  • European demand for mercury had brought the miners back.
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