Tungsten´s out, Mercury´s in?

The EU are aiming to ban the sale of traditional tungsten lightbulbs by 2010 and aim for a replacement in the form of LED lighting. Current energy saving bulbs are long lasting and durable but less environmentally friendly when it come to recycling as a result of the mercury vapour they contain. Ventilating the room after a breakage is sufficient though, and there seems to be an alarmist attitude at the moment towards them.
The biggest downside is that they are not suitable for dimmer switches, and LEDs are also difficult to regulate because of the small response range between off and on. So I´ll have to stock up on the tungsten variety for the time being.