Not only do these bulbs waste energy, they are a hazardous waste, and now:
CFL Light Bulbs and UV Skin Cancer Risks
A study funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and
published in a recent issue of the journal Photochemistry and Photobiology
found widespread chipping or cracking in the phosphor surface coating of
nearly all the compact fluorescent bulbs they examined. These cracks allow
UV rays to escape, which would have been absorbed by the phosphor coating
and converted to safe, visible light.
As reported in many new services, including "HealthDay,
"most of the bulbs 'have cracks in the phosphor coating, probably due to the
fact that the coating is brittle and has trouble making the tight bends
required to make these bulbs compact," explained study lead author Miriam
Rafailovich, a professor of materials science and engineering and director
of the Garcia Center for Polymers at Engineered Interfaces at Stony Brook
University in Stony Brook, N.Y. 'As a result, we observed, by eye, defects
in nearly all the bulbs that we studied." The researcher added that
"skin cells exposed to [compact fluorescent light] emissions showed the same
damage as those exposed to UV light" when placed close, less than one foot,
to a CFL bulb. (SOURCE)
Read more about CFL risks here.
SELECTIONS FROM 30+ POSTS ABOUT CFL LIGHT BULBS AT NATURAL HEALTH NEWS
Jan 17, 2009
Over
the past two years on this blog (Natural Health News) we have posted
about a dozen articles regarding the risks of CFL light bulbs to your
health. Many other warnings were sent in our newsletter, taught in our
classes, ...
Oct 22, 2008
Perhaps
the ultimate "alternative to the alternative," the LED (light-emitting
diode) light bulb may well dethrone the compact fluorescent (CFL) as
king of the green lighting choices. But it has a way to go yet in terms
of both ...
Mar 22, 2008
For
many years I tried to explain to people that there was a hazardous risk
to using CFL light bulbs, now being promoted by all those greenies that
jumped on the bandwagon without doing all the necessary research. CHI
and ...
Apr 04, 2011
For
many years I tried to explain to people that there was a hazardous risk
to using CFL light bulbs, now being promoted by all those greenies that
jumped on the bandwagon without doing all the necessary research.
