Hi Karen, On Thu, 5 Jul 2001 08:36:48 EDT, [email protected] wrote:
> What are the health problems related to fluorescent lighting? The major problem is the flickering produced by a single, normal size fluorescent lamp. Fluorescents with 2 or 4 bulbs are normally wired so the flicker-rate is doubled -- and isn't noticeable. >Are full >spectrum lights worth purchasing if you don't have any health problems, just >to maintain good health? Are full spectrum lights from one company as good >as from another? Ott is the name you usually hear about but I have seen >lights labeled as full spectrum at Walmart. Would these be as good? No. A possible health problem with normal (not mini) fluorescents is that they emit xrays at each end of the tube. Most fixtures don't shield these xrays, but the Ott fixtures do. (From what I can tell, the mini-fluorescents, besides not emitting anywhere near the xray power, seem to have some kind of shielding in most fixtures.) >Are >there any rules for using them properly? How can you determine how much >light they will provide in relation to incandescent bulbs? Fluorescents produce about 4 times the light as incandescent bulbs for the same amount of electricity used. -- Dean -- from (almost) Des Moines -- KB0ZDF -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
