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This is really becoming an issue now that some countries (including Canada) are banning incandescent bulbs, supposedly because fluorescent bulbs are more environmentally friendly. While it’s true that they last a lot longer than incandescent bulbs, the fact that they contain mercury and are made in China, so they have to be shipped from the other side of the world, and specially recycled—renders their “environmental friendliness” claims highly suspect.
The ban on high-wattage incandescent bulbs took effect in the UK over a year ago. The ban on 60W ones has just taken effect, and I just saw an article on the BBC News website, in which people prone to migraines and sensory sensitivities are raising their concerns and sharing their experiences of health problems caused by fluorescent bulbs.
As for me, I find fluorescent light very stressful, because I am very aware of both the flickering and the buzzing sound. Unfortunately, my own apartment has compact fluorescent lights in the ceilings (and full-size fluorescent lights in the kitchen). As most of the compact fixtures are older, they only accept plug-in bulbs. In the ones that do take screw-in type bulbs, I was able to replace the compact fluorescent bulbs with incandescent ones. And I use incandescent bulbs in my floor and table lamps, and over the bathroom mirror.
I especially need those incandescent bulbs over the bathroom mirror, because that’s where I apply my make-up when I’m going out to a gig. Stage lights are incandescent, so if I were to do my make-up under fluorescent light, it wouldn’t look right onstage.
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