Those crazy Europeans.  Always on the cutting edge of music or good drugs that the FDA won’t approve in the U.S. for years.  Now they’re banning old school light bulbs to help save energy and combat global warming.  Read the dirt here.  Never mind the fact that they’re going to poison the landfills with the mercury in compact fluorescent lights instead.  Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

However, the European Commission acknowledged that compact fluorescent lamps had to be handled with extra caution. If one breaks, people are advised to air out rooms and avoid using vacuum cleaners when cleaning up the mess to prevent exposure to mercury and other electronic parts in the bulbs, officials said. Instead, householders should remove the debris with a wet cloth while avoiding contact with skin. Used bulbs should be put in special collection receptacles, officials said.

What the fuck, Chuck?  That’s like the no batteries-in-the-garbage law here.  Wonder how that’s working out?