Their report advises that the bulbs should not be left on for extended periods, particularly near someones head, as they emit poisonous materials when switched on.
Peter Braun, who carried out the tests at the Berlin's Alab Laboratory, said: For such carcinogenic substances it is important they are kept as far away as possible from the human environment.
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I hate these light bulbs for many reasons: 1. they don't last any longer than incandescent bulbs so far as I can tell, 2. they are more expensive, 3. they are ugly 4. China makes them, 5. they require a major clean-up if you follow guidelines (I doubt anyone does), and 6. they are toxic and a carcinogen. Screw this government solution to energy problems. It is like Obumble notion of inflating your tires to save gas. Dismantle the EPA and the DOE--they are useless for addressing energy or environmental problems.
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Second that JohnQC, especially points 1 and 2. I have been using these for a couple years now in the hard to reach places and they don't do a noticable difference, except the range of light they emmit makes everything look like the inside of a freezer, and have a suspician any power surges, like those caused by storm, kick their little rotini butts.
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a "gay widow" who was forced to pay $360,000 in estate taxes because DOMA prevented her from legally filing for a martial tax benefit. "This case is a prime example of the injustice perpetuated by DOMA on millions of American families," Pelosi wrote.
Gee, maybe the problem isn't homo vs. hetero, but the confiscatory tax laws. Get the government's hands out of the cookie jar, and many such problems go away.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
