In article vKR6k.18$i5.17@trndny07, James Sweet wrote:

Both the ban and the reasons cited here for questioning the ban are the
silly result of politicians with poor understanding of the issues
involved. The amount of mercury in a CFL is tiny, burning coal to
generate electricity also releases mercury, few light bulbs of any sort
are US made,

Plenty of A19 lightbulbs 40-100 watts are USA-made. So are plenty of
4-foot fluorescents.

- Don Klipstein )