Enviro Health Committee hears testimony on bill to reduce mercury in the environment

After eight years of bringing forth mercury legislation, Rep. Sam Hunt takes another step in reducing the amount of mercury released into the environment.

“The one sticking issue has been what do we do with fluorescent lights,” Hunt said at today’s House Environmental Health Committee hearing. “We encourage more and more use of fluorescent lights because it saves us energy. However, it also brings us more mercury and more mercury that can potentially leak into the environment.”

Hunt’s House Bill 2914 establishes a producer-designed product stewardship program for the collection, recycle, and disposal of mercury-containing lights.