Energy Saving Light Bulbs Are Poisonous To the Brain, Nervous System, Liver, Kidneys

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  1. Steve N

    Steve N Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    And here's another unintended consequence of trying to rush/force people to use something that was intended to save the planet but in the end is very dangerous to the people who inhabit it. If the Koch brothers had an interest in these light bulbs then I'm sure the outrage would be deafening. But since it's pretty much the alarmists and special interest groups who are favored by the left, I doubt anyone will say much about this disclosure of potential danger.

    Aren't there states that have outlawed or otherwise banned regular light bulbs? Thankfully, not where I live.

     
  2. Dale Cooper

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    I hate those damned bulbs. There is nothing good about them. And where I buy the ones that are required because of idiotic fixtures, I have to pay $4 each. There's no way they are saving me money.
     
  3. Steve N

    Steve N Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I know. They're advertised to last until the end of time but burn out pretty fast considering their cost.
     
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    Those concerned by compact fluorescent lamps and other fluorescent lamps should buy LED lamps instead. No mercury , no toxic materials, no UV. LED lamps are getting cheaper every day. Here is a description of some advantages. LEDs are also directional which means less wasted light and therefore higher efficiency of illumination on the target area.

    http://www.hoveyelectric.com/hovey-...LED-Replacement-Bulbs-vs-T8-Fluorescent-Bulbs

     
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    Sorry, buying LEDs would just be too easy. Some people jet need to wail and gnash their teeth over anything "green" or just
    anything that might have touched a liberal "gasp" hand ... so they'll buy floros and spend the next ten years staring at them
    waiting for them to fail - just to say, "See, I knew it was a mistake to go green ..."
     
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    That's right, tax the poor to make them buy the more expensive LED bulbs. Nobody wanted the mercury filled fluorescent bulbs, except the greenies who were poo pooing the incandescent bulbs.

    Of course, the greenies in Canada are doing the same thing and raising heating bills (and ironically subsequent emissions increases) for the poor:
    http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/efficient-lighting-equals-higher-heat-bills-study-1.856047
     
  7. Professor Peabody

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    I despise them too. They are easy on the electricity though and hard on every thing else. I have 2 on timers that go on and off while I'm gone at night. As soon as I get home I shut them off. I stocked up on incandescent bulbs cheap a few years ago when they first talked about banning them. I have enough to last me till I croak.
     
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    The lobby where I work has a ceiling fixture that uses LED bulbs and they burn out with the same frequency as the rest of the bulbs in the room.
     
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    The mercury is contained within the bulb. Don't eat them.
     
  10. Denizen

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    Thats not possible. They must be halogen. Check again.

    By the way the proper technical name is lamp not bulb. LEDs don't even have spherical shape.
     
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    My house is filled with LED bulbs in almost every light fixture, outside lighting included. My house is always lit up in nearly every room because... well just because I feel like it and don't give a damn about the electric bill, partly due to it being so much lower with all LED lighting.

    I'm as far away from being a lib as you could possibly get btw.
     
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    CFL was on it's way out before it came in....at best a stop gap transition to L.E.D. technology becoming the new standard.
     
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    They were being forced on us until the market developed the LED option. And they were horrible and if I were to add up the cost I spent in them only to have them blow out after a few months along with the environmental concerns.........well another example of government and government beaurocrats meddling where they shouldn't.

    - - - Updated - - -

    Love mg Philips Hue lighting!
     
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    Where the heck have you been for the past plus 100 years? Flourescent bulbs have contained mercury since they were invented. Also containing mercury: halide and mercury vapor bulbs (note the 'mercury' in mercury vapor). Why weren't you warning everyone of the dangers of these since the early 1900s?

    You know mercury is a naturally occurring element right?
     
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    LED is much better; brighter, instant, less power used.

    -edit- I see people have already posted about LED. :clapping:
     
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    It's a conspiracy by the pro-science evironmentalist liberals that know how to properly recycle toxic waste to kill off the science-denying anti-evironment conservatives that are too ignorant to understand toxic waste and that break these light bulbs as opposed to properly recycling them.

    ROFLMAO


    Who in their right mind is going to break a fluorescent light bulb, that we've been using for decades, to begin with?

    Of course the intelligent liberals are already using LED light bulbs because they last far longer than incandescent and compact fluorescent lamps, they're more cost effective, use only a fraction of the energy, and don't contain mercury.
     
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    And having to take care their disposal but they at least lasted years. The single socket designs were flawed from the getgo and I had several explode and then the task of getting them out and hazard they posed.

    Well no one on purpose they did it all on their own.

    And you evidence the even smarter conservatives don't use them or do you just want to trade insults? I use the most advanced LEDs in the market along with a super advanced thermostat to keep my energy cost down.
     
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    You're being unkind Shiva. I don't want to see Steve N harmed. Steve like I said Mercury is a naturally occurring element.

    Here's how you can protect yourself from exposure:
    1. Mercury occurs naturally in soil. Don't eat any food grown in soil. Absolutely no vegetables! No fruit either.
    2. Ruminants eat food that grows in soil. Don't eat any beef or camel meat. Pork and chicken is also out. Since you are particularly sensitive to Mercury don't even look at a goat.
    3. Mercury is present in the air. DO NOT INHALE! I cannot emphasize this strongly enough. Exhaling is ok.
    4. Water contains Mercury. No eating fish, no bathing, no drinking water of any kind.

    Hope the above helps you with your concerns.
     
  19. Dale Cooper

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    If you want bulbs that never burn out, buy 130V. I stocked up and like you, have enough to last to the end of (my) time. Now I use them only in lamps that use regular bulbs. The 130V last years. They are (were) the same price as 120V.
     
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    :roflol:

    Every single office building uses CFL's and has been doing so for the last 6 or 7 decades because they are more efficient than incandescent bulbs.

    The fearmongering in the OP isn't about anything that hasn't already been around for a long time now.

    What is recent is the banning of incandescent bulbs and the creation of small CFL's which are no different to those in office buildings.

    As has been noted by other posters LED lights are the best option of all. I have them in all the high usage areas in my home and as the older bulbs burn out I replace them with LED's too. Yes, they cost a little more but they last longer and I have only replaced two so far. They are definitely more energy efficient.

    Mercury is a problem but since eating CFL's is not a great source of nutrition they are unlikely to cause any harm.
     
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    My two biggest concerns regarding LEDs have been cost and color rendition. Especially over the last couple of years that has improved and now I am sold on them (no pun intended). There are also distinct advantages to using LED in street lighting. Especially considering they pose a considerably less strain on the underground circuits. The only drawback is their lack of heat emission and that is a huge disadvantage in traffic signals where they have either been retrofitted or OEM and are in cold weather areas like mine.
     
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    Great advice for the ignorant. LOL

    Don't forget to not eat carnivores that eat herbivores because the herbivores are contaminated with mercury from the plants that they eat.
     
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    I don't think he's being ignorant, just very very very very cautious. The Right is afraid of Syrian war orphans so you can imagine the horror when they encounter a light bulb!

    I forgot about this. No dog or cat meat. Better not even think of visiting China.

    Also Steve: Mercury exists elsewhere in the universe so it's pointless to try to go back to your home planet.
     
  24. AmericanNationalist

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    Some people, irregardless of political affiliation don't have the time to waste on comparing light bulb sizes and shapes. The next multi-billionaire in lightning will be the dude who makes a one-size fits all.
     
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    Shiva_TD Progressive Libertarian Past Donor

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    I also use the most advanced LED lighting and the money I'm already saving on electricity is more than enough to offset a price increase if/when the coal fired powerplants are required to employ clean coal technology that can reduce harmful pollutants (including mercury).

    Of course there are a few conservatives that are intellectually superior understanding that proper disposal of toxic waste and the prevention of pollution is important and that the conversion to low energy using forms of lighting allows us to financially reduce coal fired pollution that includes not just CO2 but many highly toxic chemicals including mercury.

    https://www.nwf.org/pdf/Policy-Solutions/NWF Mercury Fact Sheet FINAL.pdf

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