CFLs emit harmful levels of UV

Quantum Windbag · Jul 24, 2012

I wonder what all those science loving liberals are going to think about the massive outbreak of skin cancer in their future.

Inspired by a European study, a team of Stony Brook University researchers looked into the potential impact of healthy human skin tissue (in vitro) being exposed to ultraviolet rays emitted from compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs.
The results, "The Effects of UV Emission from CFL Exposure on Human Dermal Fibroblasts and Keratinocytes in Vitro," were published in the June issue of the journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology.
The researchers, led by Miriam Rafailovich, PhD, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and the Director of the Garcia Center for Polymers at Engineered Interfaces at Stony Brook, conducted similar research to a European study on Light Sensitivity. Stony Brook researchers collected CFL bulbs purchased from different locations across Suffolk and Nassau counties, and then measured the amount of UV emissions and the integrity of each bulb's phosphor coatings. Results revealed significant levels of UVC and UVA, which appeared to originate from cracks in the phosphor coatings, present in all CFL bulbs studied.
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Harmful effects of CFL bulbs to skin; Energy-efficient bulbs safest when placed behind additional glass cover

ScienceRocks · Jul 24, 2012

Lol

hortysir · Jul 24, 2012

If they're made by GE, it doesn't count

bobcollum · Jul 24, 2012

Quantum Windbag said: ↑

I wonder what all those science loving liberals are going to think about the massive outbreak of skin cancer in their future.
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So you hate science?

ScienceRocks · Jul 24, 2012

bobcollum said: ↑

Quantum Windbag said: ↑

I wonder what all those science loving liberals are going to think about the massive outbreak of skin cancer in their future.
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So you hate science?
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I love science, but I do hate idiocy.

bobcollum · Jul 24, 2012

Matthew said: ↑

bobcollum said: ↑

Quantum Windbag said: ↑

I wonder what all those science loving liberals are going to think about the massive outbreak of skin cancer in their future.
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So you hate science?
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I love science, but I do hate idiocy.
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So do I.

hjmick · Jul 24, 2012

hortysir said: ↑

If they're made by GE, it doesn't count
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Because somebody else made those...

hortysir · Jul 24, 2012

hjmick said: ↑

hortysir said: ↑

If they're made by GE, it doesn't count
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Because somebody else made those...
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in China.....tax-free

uscitizen · Jul 24, 2012

Quantum Windbag said: ↑

I wonder what all those science loving liberals are going to think about the massive outbreak of skin cancer in their future.

Inspired by a European study, a team of Stony Brook University researchers looked into the potential impact of healthy human skin tissue (in vitro) being exposed to ultraviolet rays emitted from compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs.
The results, "The Effects of UV Emission from CFL Exposure on Human Dermal Fibroblasts and Keratinocytes in Vitro," were published in the June issue of the journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology.
The researchers, led by Miriam Rafailovich, PhD, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and the Director of the Garcia Center for Polymers at Engineered Interfaces at Stony Brook, conducted similar research to a European study on Light Sensitivity. Stony Brook researchers collected CFL bulbs purchased from different locations across Suffolk and Nassau counties, and then measured the amount of UV emissions and the integrity of each bulb's phosphor coatings. Results revealed significant levels of UVC and UVA, which appeared to originate from cracks in the phosphor coatings, present in all CFL bulbs studied.
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Harmful effects of CFL bulbs to skin; Energy-efficient bulbs safest when placed behind additional glass cover
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Is this any different from regular flourescent lights?

daveman · Jul 24, 2012

Quantum Windbag said: ↑

I wonder what all those science loving liberals are going to think about the massive outbreak of skin cancer in their future.

Inspired by a European study, a team of Stony Brook University researchers looked into the potential impact of healthy human skin tissue (in vitro) being exposed to ultraviolet rays emitted from compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs.
The results, "The Effects of UV Emission from CFL Exposure on Human Dermal Fibroblasts and Keratinocytes in Vitro," were published in the June issue of the journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology.
The researchers, led by Miriam Rafailovich, PhD, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and the Director of the Garcia Center for Polymers at Engineered Interfaces at Stony Brook, conducted similar research to a European study on Light Sensitivity. Stony Brook researchers collected CFL bulbs purchased from different locations across Suffolk and Nassau counties, and then measured the amount of UV emissions and the integrity of each bulb's phosphor coatings. Results revealed significant levels of UVC and UVA, which appeared to originate from cracks in the phosphor coatings, present in all CFL bulbs studied.
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Harmful effects of CFL bulbs to skin; Energy-efficient bulbs safest when placed behind additional glass cover
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