Mercury labels for lightbulbs. (The Beat).Fluorescent lightbulb manufacturers have announced a nationwide program for labeling the estimated 600 million mercury-containing fluorescent and high-intensity discharge bulbs sold in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. annually. Eight manufacturers and their trade group, the National Electrical Manufacturers Association This article is about the standards association NEMA. For other uses, see Nema. The National Electrical Manufacturers Association or NEMA is a U.S. , decided to implement the new program this year after losing an appeal to overturn a state mercury labeling law passed in 1998 by Vermont. This state law also requires manufacturers to provide $20,000 to educate Vermont consumers about the hazards of breaking and improperly disposing of mercury-containing bulbs. As part of the national program, mercury-containing bulbs produced by these makers will display the symbol "Hg." Packaging will also include the symbol as well as a URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. (http://www.lamprecycle.org/) and a toll-free telephone number A toll-free, Freecall, Freephone, or 800 number is a special telephone number, in that the called party is charged the cost of the calls by the telephone carrier, instead of the calling party. for information on properly disposing of broken or spent bulbs. |
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