Monday, April 25, 2011

Watch Your Head...and Your Chest

Energy saving light bulbs contain cancer causing chemicals.

Effects, so far, include:
-higher breast cancer rates
-disruption of production of melatonin
-migraines
-exacerbation of skin problems

Awesome. I hate these things. My husband likes them, but I love the old-fashioned light bulbs. I hate how bright the energy saving ones are.

h/t to Chicks on the Right

4 comments:

  1. well, ever since they said the sun causes cancer, I've stopped caring

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  2. They're phasing out incandescent bulbs here. My husband stocked up, because one of the lights has a dimmer switch, and you can't use the compact fluorescent bulbs with those.

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  3. In a way, I'm reminded of how we, as a society, often think of people in the past - that they aren't as enlightened or as smart as we are today. We do so at our own peril.

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