CFL LIGHT BULBS AND CANCER

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)

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SELECTIONS FROM 30+ POSTS ABOUT CFL LIGHT BULBS AT NATURAL HEALTH NEWS

Natural Health News: More Risk with CFL light bulbs

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, ...

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Natural Health News: LED v. CFL: We Vote for LED

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 ...

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Yes, CFL blubs are toxic in case you did not believe our early reports

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 ...

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Natural Health News: CFL Lights: A Risky Change

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.

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No Sun or Too Much Sun

At the same time we hear that children glued to their game machines have very low vitamin D levels, we also get a message saying "stay out of the sun".

We do need exposure to the sun to make vitamin D in our skin, but we also need fat in our diet to allow vitamin D to work properly and the calcium to which it is linked.

Those at northern latitudes, especially in winter, people of color, the elderly and people following religious dress rules need much more vitamin D intake.

So what might this say about sun bed bathers?

Since sun tanning beds are known to have a high correlation with risk for developing skin cancer, you might want to know that vitamin B 15 or DMG (dimethylglycine) and Suma herb are natural treatment approaches.