Health Effects - Compact Fluorescent Bulbs

Many people have reported sensitivity to Fluorescent Bulbs, and now with the compact version (CFL) set to take over in 2010 - was it really well planned? Did the industry do any tests to show the safety of the product before releasing the product? Sounds similar to the Cell Phone issue - infact it is. CFL emit high amounts of Electromagnetic radiation.

People who wish to argue this fact should first get a RF meter and test it themselves beforehand. Some CFL cause the meters to go off the charts!! - even higher then Cell Phones. So what else is there on the market? LED has also been tested and has a considerably low level of emissions - far lower then anything else on the market. So why is North America been forced to buy CFL when LED was available in Europe? LED is now making its way into the regular stores - watch for it, test it, demand it. By the time 2010 bans regular bulbs you will already know the healthy choice and avoid the headaches.

For those familiar with the show Myth busters, watch the episode all about testing CFL verses LED and see the comparison, LED lasted long after all the other bulbs

Report by King 5 News Seatle

http://www.electricalpollution.com/documents/08_Havas&Hutchinson_EP_CFL.pdf

King5 News sister station Komo4 reporter back in news with brain tumor ( studio lights are also strong )
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/tv/357461_tv03.html

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[factsnow]

It was just announced today that regular light bulbs will remain in use in Canada for 2 more years

[UberDoktor]

@poiiihy also, how do you "crack an LED"? Short of massively overdriving the diode (something made largely impossible by the power circuitry built into a household LED bulb) or bashing it with a sledgehammer, an LED isn't going to crack.

[UberDoktor]

@poiiihy get your facts straight. What does "have radio and poison metal inside" even mean? if you're trying to say "radioactive materials and toxic metal", that would not be an LED. White LEDs are made of one of the following compounds: Zinc selenide (ZnSe), Indium gallium nitride (InGaN), Silicon carbide (SiC) as substrate, or Silicon (Si) as substrate. CFLs on the other hand, have mercury in them - a known toxic metal.

[maddunn1]

Excellent info. Thank you.

[chrwl007]

@poiiihy No, they don't. LEDs are just diodes that emit visible light. Silicon is not poisonous, last time I checked.

[Blaze1024]

I seriously hope the medical board reviews this Dr.s medical licence because it looks like he just breached his medical ethic's code. I would start out by checking his bank records for any large deposits from US lighting manufactures.

Most people don't know this but GE among others are behind the Anti-CFL propaganda. It was a GE engineer who original invented the CFL but GE management didn't think the CFL was worthy of a patent so they never patented it, As a result it has cost them billions.

[Blaze1024]

@dangerzonetattoo

Even though CFL's contain a trace amount of mercury they are safer for the environment because their actually Mercury foot print is smaller then a traditional incandescent.

Fact the latest generation of CFL's contain about 1.5mg of Mercury

Fact The Mercury foot print of a standard 100 watt Incandescent bulb is a whopping 165mg.

Fact by switching to CFL's you are substantially reducing the amount of Mercury being released into the atmosphere.

[GregWn]

@logos2600 Yes, I was responding to particknedz's comment who inquired about the video's report of the lack of safety of LED's. The clip is about CFL not being safe.