ENERGY saving lightbulbs and the complaints against them: Mercury was banned by law in England in the 1800s, due to medical evidence.

But since then we have all been exposed to mercury in every area of our lives – dentistry, some non-organic food, make-up, skin care products, clothes, vaccines and now energy saving bulbs – all because of political power, greed and money being put before our health and the ‘well-being’ of our environment.

With many complaints of ill health already due to exposure from these mercury bulbs, I expect it will be the same Government who will moan when people find themselves having to give up work to spend years on sickness benefit due to mercury poisoning, just like I had to.

Mercury works against our environment, therefore it’s not green healthy energy we are exposed to – our seas are already poisoned by mercury and so are we.

MARIE AYLWIN, Great Milton