Steven Milloy: sucks. Media and bloggers repeating what they read: suck. Misinformation: sucks. Getting roped into it all: priceless.
So my previous post here spoke of an article (and set of articles and news) that told a tale of a CFL disaster in a poor woman's home - costing her two-large in order to fix. But:
One indicator of Milloy's [the not-so-factual 'reporter'] trustworthiness on this issue is that he cites a newspaper, the Ellsworth American, as the source of his story about the $2000 cleanup bill, but neglects to mention that the article goes on at considerable length about how that was excessive and unnecessary, and discusses the official recommendations of the EPA and the Department of Environmental Protection, which are quite calm.
Thanks to the post over at Pharyngula to get it all straight. I also like this read from treehugger.com. See, you all are not dumber for having read this (but were for reading my previously incorrect post). Cheers!
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