Ray good article. I will want to check out the LED bulbs. I bet they run really cool. And the bulb life, is sure fine. Thanks Don ----- Original Message ----- From: Ray Boyce To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 7:31 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] WOW, FYI, News Release: Bulbs To Save Energy Are Very Dangerous To Children
Hi Barbara Here is an alternative . Alternatives to mercury-containing compact fluorescent lights Fortunately, consumers no longer have to bring mercury into their homes through the use of fluorescent lights. There are now sensible alternatives. One of the most eco-friendly options is LED light bulbs which are not only mercury free, they're also 300% more energy efficient than fluorescent lights (and about 1000% more efficient than incandescent lights). Unlike incandescent light bulbs, which light up regardless of the electrical polarity, LEDs will only light with positive electrical polarity. LEDs produce more light per watt than do incandescent bulbs, and have an extremely long life span (usually about 50,000 hours). One manufacturer has calculated the ETTF (Estimated Time To Failure) for their LEDs to be between 100,000 and 1,000,000 hours, mostly depending on the operating temperature (the cooler the environment, the longer LEDs last). Fluorescent tubes, in contrast, are typically rated at about 10,000 hours, but in practical application, they only last about 2,000 - 3,000 hours. Incandescent light bulbs typically burn out every 1,000 hours. LEDs mostly fail by dimming over time, rather than with the abrupt burnout of incandescent bulbs. One great advantage about LEDs is that they are difficult to damage with external shock. Fluorescent and incandescent bulbs, on the other hand, are easily broken if dropped on the ground. LED lights contain absolutely no mercury or toxic chemicals, and conventional LEDs are made from a variety of inorganic semiconductor materials. They don't generate RF wavelengths that cause radio interference, or emit ultraviolet (UV) light -- so LEDs will not readily attract bugs and other insects. For these reasons (very high energy efficient and the absence of toxic materials), I launched www.EcoLEDs.com in 2007, a company that now offers over a dozen LED light bulbs for consumer use, ranging in power from 3 watts to 10 watts (equivalent to a 100-watt incandescent light). These bulbs substantially reduce CO2 emissions due to their high energy efficiency. To learn more, visit www.BetterLifeGoods.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 11:06 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] WOW, FYI, News Release: Bulbs To Save Energy Are Very Dangerous To Children > Bulbs To Save Energy Are Very Dangerous To Children > > > September 30, 2007 > > Environmentally Friendly Bulbs To Save Energy Are Very Dangerous To > Children > By Thomas M. Dutkiewicz > > Forestville, CT - Why is the media acts so surprised that these new bulbs > to save energy are dangerous? To say that these bulbs are environmentally > friendly is an oxymoron. They are anything but friendly . . . they are > dangerous to the environment and to all children. > > They are florescence bulbs and all florescence bulbs contain dangerous > Mercury Vapor which is more dangerous than mercury liquid. For decades > they have been putting mercury vapor in the bulbs. That's what make them > work. > > Mercury in a liquid form can be seen and it balls up which is easier to > clean up. Mercury vapor on the other hand can not be seen nor can it be > detected by home owners. You need a special air monitoring device that > detects the presences of mercury vapor along the floor. You will not find > it in your breathing zone. > > The specific gravity of mercury vapor is heavier than air and will settle > into your rugs and stay there. So next time you break one of these bulbs > in your home, you are exposing your children to mercury vapor. So > remember this when you place your baby or children on the floor. > > You need a special absorption pellet that absorbs mercury vapor on the > floor. Then the hazmat team must vacuum it up and dispose of the pellet > as a contaminated material. You then go in with monitoring equipment to > see if there is any residual mercury left and if there is, you repeat the > process. > > Every single florescence bulb in our schools, lunch rooms, grocery stores > contain mercury vapor. The mercury vapor is dangerous to all humans > especially children. Business should not be throwing florescence bulbs > away in dumpsters which then ends up in our water systems. > > What's even more deadlier is all of the older ballasts that are running > these florescence bulbs, they contain Polychlorinated Biphenyl's or PCB's. > In business renovations these contaminated ballasts are thrown out which > contain liquid PCB's which also gets into our water system. > > Home owners now have treat these bulbs as a hazardous material as defined > by the EPA and the DOT and dispose of them properly. The cost of disposal > will over shadow the cost savings. A couple of manufactures do print this > mercury warning on the packaging but no one ever reads the packaging of a > light bulb. > > The undersign has been in the hazardous waste, remediation and > transportation business for many years. He has cleaned up mercury vapor > as well as other numerous spills of various kinds. > > > Thomas M. Dutkiewicz > P.O. Box 9775 > Forestville, CT 06011-9775 > 860-833-4127 > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > ---------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.35/1039 - Release Date: 9/29/2007 9:46 PM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
