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Hopefully you will find this information useful. After you have seen the Videos, below, for an overview of the topic, you may wish to click on the “Studies” tab. There you will find a sampling of the many medical studies on the deleterious effects of CFLs, including RFI, EMI, Dirty Electricity, and Critical Flicker Frequency. Some of these have been recognized for a number of years. There are also some new videos under the “Video” tab.

Under the POSTS pull-down, you will find a recent email from Dr. Magda Havas. This features an illustration which explains “Dirty Electricity”.

The third Video, on this Home page, is of particular interest to folks with migraine issues. It has a segment in which Lawrence C. Newman, M.D., a New York neurologist, discusses his experiences concerning the relationship between CFLs and migraines.

You may find the EPA Instructions on CFL Cleanup to be enlightening, under the Recent Articles tab to the right. Owners of places of public accommodation may find that paper to be somewhat frightening in terms of their potential liability to their patrons.

Traumatic Brain Injury survivors may find interesting information in Dr. Glen Johnson’s study, in the “Links” to the right. TBI folks may have yet to relate the cause and effect. They just know that they do not feel “right”.

Dr. Havas’ research has established that the mercury contained in one CFL bulb can contaminate 190,000 litres (>50,000 U.S. gallons) of water beyond the level considered safe for drinking. Imagine what it would do to the food supply of a restaurant. Should the restaurant be evacuated so that the patrons do not get a dose of this toxic material?

One would hope that business people would be concerned about the risk of having a Hazardous Waste cleanup problem should a CFL be broken as well as the potential for further injury to folks who have an Acquired Brain Injury, epilepsy, seizures, etc. (the “Medical” page enumerates some of the maladies).

On the topic of Traumatic Brain Injury, Jan Hansen, Ph. D., a neuropsychologist, documented her personal observation, of the impact of exposure to CFLs, which was experienced by one of her TBI-survivor patients. It is posted under “Recent Articles” just to the right on this page. It is an excellent, detailed report of an extremely serious unintended, inadvertent encounter with CFLs. You will be amazed at the severity of the incident.

Also, since Acquired Brain Injury is frequently associated with medical issues with CFLs, it would be reasonable to expect that returning heroes, with IED injuries, may well experience these problems, but have yet to associate the cause and effect. If you know one, you may want to bring this to their attention.

In short, the indiscriminate use of CFLs could pose a serious liability issue for merchants who choose to use CFLs, particularly since the alternative is available in the form of LED lights, which do not have the deleterious effects.

If you have experiences you wish to share or “Safe” places of public accommodation which you would like to list, please drop us a line or a post.

Dirty Electric Video Part 1