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Thinking twice about using "green" lightbulbs!

tfarabianstfarabians
in January 2011 Moms

Hey guys I just wanted to pass this on.  You really need to watch both parts of these videos.  Pretty scary!  I'm for sure not going to use "green" light bulbs in the baby's room and I'm going to remove them from ds's room.  I'm sort of wondering if this could be the source of my migraines all the time.  They seem to come on in the evenings when lights come on too!

 
 
 
 
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Re: Thinking twice about using "green" lightbulbs!

  • maleigh101maleigh101 member

    That's scary since that is all we have in the entire house, except for the ceiling fans in the bedrooms.

    By the way- I sent you another shout out further down in the page, but to save you from going there I never received a PM from you.

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  • maleigh101maleigh101 member
    Well nevermind now I look dumb. You're PM just appeared but now it won't let me reply to you. So I'm going to send you a new PM with my email in it. Sorry for the confusion, I don't know what is wrong with my account!
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  • tfarabianstfarabians
    YGM : )
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  • sometimesalwayschaoticsometimesalwayschaotic member
    That is very scary! I had no idea that they could be causing these problems.  I had often wondered about the mercury in the bulbs.  I worry about throwing the bulbs in the trash and then the mercury seeping slowly into our ground water.  The sad thing is, soon we won't have a choice.  The bulbs are also being banned in the US I believe next Jan.
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  • LolaCookLolaCook member

    imagehheyderh:
    That is very scary! I had no idea that they could be causing these problems.  I had often wondered about the mercury in the bulbs.  I worry about throwing the bulbs in the trash and then the mercury seeping slowly into our ground water.  The sad thing is, soon we won't have a choice.  The bulbs are also being banned in the US I believe next Jan.

    You can recycle cfl bulbs at many retailers.  Then they are properly disposed of and not going into the trash.

    Starting next year, retailers will be required to reduce their inventory of incandescent bulbs by (I think) 25% every year.  So you will still be able to get incandescent bulbs for a few years.

    Other options, if you don't want to use cfls, are LED or Halogen.

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