While I heartily agree that lead is a poison and lead exposure (especially in children) should be avoided. So is cadmium and mercury. I admit to coating pennies with mercury when a youngster in spite of being warned it was dangerous. The term "Mad as a Hatter" comes from when hat makers tanned hides with mercury. They all went crazy. You can absorb it through your skin. Now the Government in all of its wisdom is telling us to invest in CFL bulbs. Did you know if you break a fluorescent bulb in your home you release deadly mercury? Do you recycle your dead fluorescent bulbs? Do you even know how? Immagine how much mercury will be in out landfills after folks just throw all these bulbs in the garbage.

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Luke 22:36