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Message started by MShipley on 01/04/13 at 14:40:55

Title: the light bulb
Post by MShipley on 01/04/13 at 14:40:55

LOL.......So a new report came out saying that the new curly light bulbs can cause melanoma. (an awful skin cancer). The recomendations are you stay at least 2 feet from the bulbs...........so the world will be cleaner while we all die..........another great mandatory decision from our government.

Title: Re: the light bulb
Post by LANCER on 01/04/13 at 15:05:31

1D033839203C3529500 wrote:

Hmmm... thinking themselves to be wise they became fools.

Title: Re: the light bulb
Post by Starlifter on 01/04/13 at 18:07:55

When I was a kid I remember my mom taking me out every September to buy a new pair of school shoes. In those days every shoe store had a great big X-ray machine that you put your feet in your new shoes into to see how the shoes fit. Everyone thought it was really cool to see the bones in your feet...oops, a big mistake there...huge!

I wonder how many shoe salesmen later developed cancer from radiation poisoning?

Title: Re: the light bulb
Post by MShipley on 01/04/13 at 18:19:39

I dont remember the foot x-ray but I sure remember playing with mercury all the time..another problem with tthe new light bulbs.

Title: Re: the light bulb
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 01/04/13 at 18:25:20

They know the problems associated..just like they know what GMO food does. The "Unintended Consequences" Are the goals.

Title: Re: the light bulb
Post by houstonbofh on 01/04/13 at 18:39:57

Harder and harder to find incandescent bulbs, but they are out there. Also, look at the new LED bulbs. Better light for less energy.

Title: Re: the light bulb
Post by WebsterMark on 01/04/13 at 18:45:55

Title: Re: the light bulb
Post by Starlifter on 01/04/13 at 18:56:02

67 my friend, retired and enjoying every minute of it. :D

Title: Re: the light bulb
Post by LANCER on 01/07/13 at 03:58:16

I buy boxes of the incandescent bulbs about every 6 months.
I do not like fluorescent bulbs, the light is poor and they do have mercury in them. Think HAZMAT. Fed. gov't mandates for it was a payoff for GE campaign donations. They made billions from the big swap.
LED light is the future. It is clean and long lasting and the light is pretty darn good.

Title: Re: the light bulb
Post by Jerry Eichenberger on 01/07/13 at 05:47:01

Aren't LED lights directional, rather than diffuse like regular bulbs? We now use LED bulbs for landing lights in airplanes, but they are much light a car headlight - a narrow, directional beam of light right ahead of the airplane. They are brighter, and consume less power, which for airplanes means you can have a lighter weight alternator and smaller battery, which weighs less. Of course, everything in airplanes is about saving weight, which is not a concern for my desk lamp.

Title: Re: the light bulb
Post by Serowbot on 01/07/13 at 06:03:56

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Title: Re: the light bulb
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 01/07/13 at 07:02:14

That was one of those Incandescent light bulb ideas. Dang bulb blew out when ya turned it on,

Theyd sure last a lot longer if there was a button to drop in the socket that would let the voltage climb from 0 to 110 in 1/2 second.

Title: Re: the light bulb
Post by srinath on 01/07/13 at 07:09:02

LED's can or dont have to be directional.

I have a beauty of a LED bulb set in a fixture that was made for incandescent ... the reason for the swap ... the incandescent's in that size and type, were NLA. Booya ... LED's were, and are a 1000% upgrade.

Cool.
Srinath.

Title: Re: the light bulb
Post by Pine on 01/07/13 at 10:26:23

544A717069757C60190 wrote:

Rather odd direction. So the CFL bulbs causes skin cancer but not the large tube type bulbs everywhere? Sorry not buying it. I sit at less than a foot from two of them and have for 25 years. I assume they DO have mercury... but again.. so do and did the big bulbs.

FDA FAQ here: http://www.fda.gov/Radiation-EmittingProducts/RadiationEmittingProductsandProcedures/HomeBusinessandEntertainment/ucm116400.htm

Title: Re: the light bulb
Post by srinath on 01/07/13 at 11:34:08

320B0C07160D10620 wrote:

[quote author=544A717069757C60190 link=1357339255/0#0 date=1357339255]LOL.......So a new report came out saying that the new curly light bulbs can cause melanoma. (an awful skin cancer). The recomendations are you stay at least 2 feet from the bulbs...........so the world will be cleaner while we all die..........another great mandatory decision from our government.

Title: Re: the light bulb
Post by Midnightrider on 01/07/13 at 17:59:16

I cant remember sh!t but there's a certain kind of light bulb that sets off my Lupus. I remember my wife spent $75 replacing all the light bulbs in the house for me. UV Rays trigger the Lupus, I dont do well in direct sunlight.

Title: Re: the light bulb
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 01/08/13 at 12:34:44

Uhh,, You sure youve got lupus? Sounds to me more like youre turning into a vampire.

Title: Re: the light bulb
Post by Pine on 01/09/13 at 10:21:35

4D5254534E4978487840525E15270 wrote:

Uhh,, You sure youve got lupus? Sounds to me more like youre turning into a vampire.

MidnightRider is correct, as stated by the FDA in theier FAQ on lightbulbs. Lupus is a disease such that the bodies immune system attacks your own body. It can be only a skin version, or include internal organs. I suspect that UV radiation, which is "bad" for the body ( thus the production of melinion.. ie sun tan), the body responds to protect itself, this could trigger immune system to come into play.

Title: Re: the light bulb
Post by bill67 on 01/09/13 at 13:10:49

715643504E4B44564750220 wrote:

We had those shoe X-ray machine in the town I grew up in,My brother and I went to the store a lot of times just to look at our feet.Ive had only Cfl bulbs for the last 12 years,Just went to all led bulbs,this last summer.