Mercury fallout from the Cash-for-Clunkers program.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  August 31st at 03:30 PM  | 

Let’s walk through the mercury problem (H/T: Instapundit). Automakers used mercury as a component for various auto systems until 2004. They stopped because mercury is toxic, and it gets into stuff that we eat (the actual level of risk is in fact not relevant for this discussion). People get very touchy about toxic elements being thrown out with the rest of the garbage, so there’s | Read More »