Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-07-09-Speech-1-179"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-07-09"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Measuring devices containing mercury (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070709.20.1-179"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-07-09-Speech-1-1802
lpv:speaker	lp:Dorette Corbey2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Partij van de Arbeid (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ITRE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Temporary Committee on Climate Change (2007-05-10--2009-02-04)3 member; ENVI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; PECH (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, I am indebted to Mrs Sornosa Martínez, who has our warm and unqualified support. Mercury, and particularly mercury compounds and mercury vapours, is toxic. Mercury can accumulate in brain tissue and the nervous system, where it can wreak great havoc. This, in turn, can lead to reduced intelligence. An intelligent policy, therefore, prohibits the use of mercury in unnecessary applications. Given that alternatives are available, it is to be welcomed that the mercury thermometer is consigned to the past. Barometers are the subject of much debate. In the Netherlands, the use of mercury has been banned since 2003, but barometers were exempt until 2005 and then, pending fresh European rules, until 1 January 2006. We are willing to extend the exemption period by another two years for traditional barometers, which are, it has to be said, delightful things. As this brings the total delay to 1 January 2010, there is enough time to develop alternatives, which, as the Commissioner confirmed, are already available to a large extent. Whilst I can, of course, imagine that this is hard for producers of barometers to take, if we want to banish mercury altogether, we must in any event ban consumer products that contain it. Barometers may break or leak, so that mercury ends up in the environment anyway. I therefore agree with the producers of barometers that the use of mercury in low-energy light bulbs is, of course, also very harmful. It is a good idea to change over to LED lights as soon as possible, but this Directive is about mercury in measuring devices and not about low-energy light bulbs. I would therefore once again like to express my warm support to Mrs Sornosa Martínez, who I believe has chosen a very good line of attack."@en1

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