'Green' bulbs could cause skin damage

"...some short-time reddening of their skin."

Isn't that just like a suntan...?

Awww, our poor skin! These were made because they were better for the environment,... not because they were better for us! There is a difference.
And, the proverbial "they" says cfl's are bad for us?!!? MOST THINGS IN OUR LIVES ARE BAD FOR US!!! This is just motivation for those who deny Earth's health crisis!

It's obviously time to stop thinking only of ourselves,...
And think about the much, much bigger picture.

we as a spesies are adapting to our environment

if we act all scared of uv rays and use an umbrella all the time then we wont adapt to there more prominent presence

don't be scared you will adapt

It's good for the environment while being bad for my health? Is that right?
It may take quite some time to unboggle my noggin over this one.

I was going to say, What kind of goober sits within a foot of a light bulb? Then i looked at the lamp with the compact fluorescent thats sitting about a foot away on the desk.

Well... I thought everyone knew that. Most fluorescent bulbs emit UVA and UVB rays. I use them for my turtles to replicate the sun.

its also documented that if one breakes one needs to evacuate the vicinity due to the mercury vapors can cause brain damage or even death, you would then need to contact hazmat to come and clean it up... so is it good for the environment if it kills you ? they want you to think so ...

Wow - Its gets more and more like real sunlight everyday!

Its like having a sun in your house!

ahh modern marvels

no evidence...have they even looked for any.

i thought that they were good for the earth
and everything
but they never said that it would be good for us
though

GLOBAL WARMING!!!! RUN!
I have replaced all my lights in my house because of the global warming religion and now this?
I give up.
I will find out next that my 100% electric car is somehow bad for the environment!

Which is more important? Saving trees or my life?

WHAT!!!

I'm Irish. EVERYTHING makes my skin red!

Suntans? That's the least of our problems with this type of lamp...

Compact fluorescent bulbs may be more energy efficient, but disposal is another issue. They contain mercury, which builds in the water table when put in a landfill. Millions of people have decided to switch to this "Green" alternative...I'm sure all of the people that rushed out to Wal-Mart to stock up are not reading the fine print when discarding them.

Read up, and discard this type of bulb appropriately .

http://www.gelighting.com/na/home_lighting/ask_us/faq_compact.htm#mercury

http://earth911.org/

Heh suntans...should'nt photovoltic panels solve or has already solved this energy crisis?

crap now environmentally friendly things are bad for you CRAP SCREW THE ENVIRONMENT

Dear God, lets all just live in a plastic bubble! Christ!

It's no wonder then that these bulbs were virtually shoved down our throats.

If someone is afraid of getting burned by flourescent bulbs just buy led-lightbulbs instead since they are more power suffient and has a longer lifespan and generates less heat too (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LED_lamp).

Those bulbs produce the most hideous light possible. Living with them is like being inside a damn bug zapper.

sweet! indoor, 24 hour tanning! Now we can all feel like we live at the beach!