On Mon, 14 Nov 2016 18:05:27 +0000, Roland Perry wrote:

In message , at 16:41:10 on
Mon, 14 Nov 2016, Optimist remarked:
You aren't comparing like with like. The mercury in lightbulbs is a
danger to the environment, that in a barometer is a danger to people in
the same room when it breaks, and for years afterwards as the mercury
lodged in cracks evaporates.

I've never of a case of one breaking. Have you?

There's a few here.

https://www.health.ny.gov/environmen...ercury/mercury
_spill_incidents.htm

So a handful of cases in the USA.

Meanwhile your beloved EU protects German companies responsible for toxic diesel emissions
https://corporateeurope.org/environm...esel-emissions