Bill Moinihan wrote:

Now we get to the hazardous waste where it says "T12 lamps release toxic
mercury and PCB waste products".

Huh? Why would T12s release more of these than T8s?

Reading more, I think they are just making most of this stuff up.

This article lists all the stuff that was retired:
http://www.ledsource.com/blog/light-...orescent-tube/


100 watt and 150 watt incandescent A-lamp ¡V banned January 1, 2012
75 watt incandescent A-lamp ¡V banned January 1, 2013
60 watt incandescent A-lamp ¡V banned January 1, 2014
40 watt incandescent A-lamp ¡V banned January 1, 2014

T8 single-pin fluorescent 8 foot slim and high-output ¡V banned January
2009
Most reflector lamps over 50 watts (except some 65W) ¡V July 1, 2010
Magnetic ballasts for many standard fluorescent lamps ¡V July 1, 2010
T12 fluorescent tubes 4 foot ¡V banned July 14, 2012
T12 fluorescent tubes 2 foot U-Bend ¡V banned July 14, 2012
T12 fluorescent tubes 8 foot (slim and high output)¡V banned July 14,
2012
T8 with low CRI ¡V banned July 14, 2012 (DOE changed CRI to 87 in April
2011)
PAR20, PAR30, PAR38 Halogen standard lamps (within 40W to 205W) ¡V
banned July 14, 2012

So it just seems to be an "efficiency" thing since they all have different
secondary reasons.