EU states clash over use of toxic mercury in light bulbs

Lighting industry's exemption from 2011 ban may jeopardise climate goals, says SwedenA row over lamps is emerging as a first major test of the EU's commitment to its much-vaunted European Green Deal and the bloc's target of carbon neutrality by the middle of the century.A debate over the continued use of mercury in fluorescent lighting has split the 27 member states with Germany's industrial interests being pitted against the environmental concerns of Sweden, according to leaked correspondence. Continue reading...