The Environmental Protection Agency, concerned about the health effects of mercury pollution, is expected to approve a new rule that would ban the dumping of fluorescent tubes in landfills and encourage their recycling. The decision is expected early this week, an agency official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. It would be a victory for recyclers and environmentalists who denounced a plan supported by light manufacturers to allow the tubes to be thrown into landfills.
URL: http://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/28/us/banning-the-dumping-of-fluorescent-tubes.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
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