--S-A-- ScotlandOn Sunday: Health Warning Over Greener Bulbs

[Guest guest]

Dear Betsy,

 

Your right- fluorescent bulbs DO have mercury.. Just more proof

that we all need to think for ourselves.

 

Gore's #1 go green idea:

http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/08/23/o.green.gore/index.htm

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Mercury in " earth friendly " light bulbs..

http://www.eartheasy.com/live_energyeff_lighting.htm

 

But just a little mercury is ok, right? Just like a little gun

shot...

Other Comments?

Misty L. Trepke

http://health./

 

 

 

, Elizabeth Sinkey

<westoo wrote:

>

> Replacing incandescent bulbs with fluorescent? I thought

Fluorescent bulbs were being phased out because they contain

dangerous levels of mercury.

> Betsy

>

>

> " Misty L. Trepke " <mistytrepke wrote:

> Comments?

> Misty L. Trepke

> http://health.

>

> Health warning over planned changeover to greener bulbs

> http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/latestnews/Health-warning-

over-

> planned-changeover.3644526.jp

>

> by Marc Horne

> THE UK Government's planned switchover from traditional lightbulbs

> to low-energy lighting could cause health problems for tens of

> thousands of people, experts have warned.

>

> The process of phasing out the conventional pear-

> shaped 'incandescent' bulbs and replacing them with more energy-

> efficient fluorescent models begins this month and is due to be

> completed by 2011 as part of the UK's efforts to reduce its

> greenhouse gas emissions.

>

> But Professor John Hawk, dermatology spokesman for the British

Skin

> Foundation, warned that the new bulbs will cause problems for

people

> with light-sensitive skin.

>

> Hawk told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: " Fluorescent lights seem

to

> have some sort of ionising characteristic, where they affect the

air

> around them. This does affect a certain number of people, probably

> tens of thousands of people in Britain. Certain forms of eczema,

for

> example, flare up anywhere near fluorescent lights.

>

> " I strongly suggest that incandescent bulbs remain available for

use

> in the home. "

>

> Keven Verdun, chief executive of the Lighting Association,

insisted

> that the needs of people with medical conditions were being taken

> into account during the switchover.

>

> The full article contains 191 words and appears in Scotland On

> Sunday newspaper.Last Updated: 05 January 2008 9:03 PM