EPA STUDY ON LAMP CRUSHERS MAY HELP DETERMINE REGULATORY PATH

EPA is finalizing a report on the environmental impacts of florescent light bulb crushers -- used by schools, hospitals and office buildings to reduce the volume of lamps -- that could help policymakers determine whether the machines should be regulated. Environmentalists have long questioned whether the devices release mercury contained in the bulbs into the environment during crushing. "The question is, is it an acceptable practice?" asks one environmentalist. "And how well-controlled is the mercury?" The source says states are...