Why NOT to use CFL bulbs

We are urged us to switch from regular incandescent light bulbs to compact
fluorescent (CFL) light bulbs, to save energy. However, there is a very good
reason NOT to use CFL bulbs. They create electromagnetic frequencies provento be
extremely detrimental to human health.

CFL's operate at high frequency using an electronic switching ballast to chop
up the 120 volts - that's how they are able to use less energy when compared
to incandescent bulbs. Their typical operating frequency is in the region of
20kHz to 100kHz, a frequency range known to produce adverse effects on health.

(By the way, dimmers operate similarly, converting the electrical signal into
high frequency transients. Even clean incandescent lights will produce dirty
electricity if a dimmer switch is used.)

Professor Magda Havas of Trent University, Ontario, one of the world's
leading researchers on the biological effects of EMF, states:

“CFLs produce radio wave frequencies that radiate directly from thebulbs and
also go on the electrical wiring in the home or school. The closer you sit to
the bulb, the greater your exposure. Because the high frequencies travel
along the wire, you can be exposed in other rooms of your home as well as in the
room that contains the CFL.
    
Many complain that they cannot be in a room with fluorescent lights because
they feel 'unwell.' These people have difficulty shopping in large department
stores because of the lighting and often go with list in hand and spend as
little time in the store as possible. Their cognitive functions diminish and some
have difficulty recalling where they parked their car.”

Just one of the effects of dirty electricity, but a very important one, is
adverse effect on insulin production and blood glucose levels.  Dr. Havas
reports:

"We can take a person who is diabetic and put them in an electrically dirty
environment, and their blood sugar levels rise.  We then put them intoa clean
environment, and within half an hour their blood sugar levels are lower. It
becomes a barometer."

For instance, the blood glucose level of one test subject rose from 121 to
over 350 solely from sitting near a lamp with a CFL in it for a couple of
hours.  (He had not eaten nor drunk anything that might have influenced his blood
sugar.)  Conversely, diabetics who install filters to remove the “dirty
electricity” experience that they no longer need as much insulin, and some no longer
need any insulin.

In my own case, symptoms included severe insomnia, head pain, tingling of my
left arm and leg and frightening cardiac arrythmia.  I had gone to theER
twice in an ambulance and undergone $18,000 worth of medical tests before the
cause of my symptoms was finally determined to be exposure to electrical
pollution. (Not brain cancer as had finally been suspected!)  When we cleared my
personal environment of the damaging frequencies, the symptoms disappeared.   My
thyroid also resumed healthy function and I was able to discontinue thyroid
medication.  

The doctors who had followed my case were extremely surprised, as they so
rarely see such a total cessation of cardiac or thyroid problems.   I believe
this would be more common, if more people removed the cause of their symptoms.


You could not pay me any amount of money to use CFL bulbs in our house.  

Another world-renowned expert Dr. Olle Johansson, of the department of
neuroscience at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, points out that the dramatic
rise in recent years of the number of people affected by
electro-hypersensitivity (EHS) coincides with the mass production and distribution of electronic
devices such as computers and cordless telephones that use and generate radio
waves.

For a more complete list of associated neurological, respiratory, cardiac,
dermatological, opthamologic and other symptoms, please see: http://www.l
ifeenergies.com/symptoms/sysrmfi.htm/.

Dr. Havas has completed a study on the frequencies created by various brands
of CFL bulbs, which will be released soon.  Meanwhile, this is what she
advises:

“Some packages even have a warning about the radio frequenc,y saying this
light may interfere with radio reception.  Indeed this is something that most
people can test with a portable radio on AM.  As you bring the radio close to an
energy efficient bulb that produces radio frequencies the radio will begin to
buzz.  This is known as electromagnetic interference (EMI) and is a concern
for anyone using wireless technology such as mobile phones or wireless
computers. 

But the real problem is that these frequencies are making people sick.  Three
independent groups in the UK, including the British Association of
Dermatologists, the Migraine Action Association, and Epilepsy Action, have reported
illness among their members who have tried energy efficient compact fluorescent
lights (CFL).  The most common symptoms are headaches-including migraines,
fatigue, confusion, dizziness, ringing in the ears, eyestrain, nausea and skin
irritations.

Not all energy efficient bulbs are the same.  Some do not contribute to dirty
electricity and do not produce radio frequencies and this includes a few
compact fluorescent lights, some LEDs (light emitting dioxides) and some halogen
bulbs. Unfortunately most of the bulbs on the market will make people sick. 
Reducing green house gases is important but doing it with flawed technologythat
will make the user ill is not the right course of action.  If governments are
going to ban the energy-inefficient but electromagnetically clean
incandescent bulb, then they should also ban bulbs that produce radio frequency
pollution.

I would encourage anyone who has recently purchased energy efficient bulbs
and has since developed any of the symptoms mentioned above to test the bulb for
radiation with a portable radio and if the radio buzzes to return the bulb to
the retail store for a full refund.  Even if our government hasn't done its
homework, individual consumers can still make a difference.” 


Dr. Havas and her associates have tested shielding material for the bulb and
Graham Stetzer filters for the dirty electricity.  Both work well but they
don't believe this is the way to go, but that LED bulbs are the light of the
future, for energy efficiency and because they create no radio frequencies.

LED bulbs do not create harmful frequencies, and they are available in “warm
white.”  They are not yet as bright as most of us are used to,but they are
bright enough to meet our needs. (LED technology is improving by leaps and
bounds.)

Some LED websites to check out:
     www.superbrightleds.com
     www.ledlight.com
     www.lumileds.com

For more information regarding the health effects of manmade electromagnetic
frequencies, please see my website, www.LifeEnergies.com/.

Regards,
Shivani Arjuna




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Concerning lamps, I am busy looking into this matter.

There are three aspects:

1. magnetic AC fields

2. VLF frequencies

3. Light spectrum

My conclusion for the moment is as follows:

CFL bulbs are to be avoided at all costs, because they emit magnetic fields
as well as VLF frequencies.
They also do raise the dirty power in the mains.

Halogen bulbs on lowtension (12Volt) are to avoided too; magnetic fields and
raise of dirty power enormously.
However, halogen lamps on 220 Volts (here in Europe) are acceptable.
Practically no magnetic fields, no raise in dirty power, and practically
noemission of VLF frequencies.

At the moment, LED lamps overhere are available, but the light is very weak;
hardly enough for reading.
However, I got hold of a 3 Watt LED lamp, with a E27 socket, which did not
give magnetic fields, but a raise in dirty power, and emission of VLF
frequencies.

I recorded some sounds of these lamps with my solar module, and will place
them soon on my home page with the other sounds there under *Info*.

So, my conclusion for the moment is, that halogen lamps on 220 Volts are the
best choice momentarily.

I do have tolook into those LED lamps further, because they are the ones for
the future.

@ Shivani
For my Profi Spion I use a solar module as antenna. I also do have a smal
new digital antenna for my VLF Detector, for finding those VLF emissions in
the air.
Aside to that, I am experimenting with a new Spectran NF 5020, on which I
can mount those antennas also, and can measure and record those frequencies
exactly.
It is striking how much different frequencies are emitted from lamps.

Greetings,
Charles Claessens
member Verband Baubiologie
www.milieuziektes.nl
www.milieuziektes.be
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Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 17:16
Subject: [EMR-EMF] Why NOT to use CFL bulbs


We are urged us to switch from regular incandescent light bulbs to compact
fluorescent (CFL) light bulbs, to save energy. However, there is a very good
reason NOT to use CFL bulbs. They create electromagnetic frequencies proven
to be
extremely detrimental to human health.

CFL's operate at high frequency using an electronic switching ballast to
chop
up the 120 volts - that's how they are able to use less energy when compared
to incandescent bulbs. Their typical operating frequency is in the region of
20kHz to 100kHz, a frequency range known to produce adverse effects on
health.

Hello Shivani.
 
I am a student in Ontario and a part of my current thesis on EMF is a conductive retrofit for CFL's. I realize that CFL's are not the way to go but I thought that this could not only functionally serve to protect but also instigate more awareness on the issue. Thank you so much for writing on the subject. Your story is somewhat heartbreaking. It must have been very frustrating to go through all that added to to the utter lack of acknowledgment and understanding of your case.
 
Sometimes even just a ,"Hey, you're right! These are killing you. Let's seewhat we can do about it." can go a long way to maintaining one's sanity. Anyway, are you in Canada, perchance? If you are close to me, it would be great if you would acquiesce to testing a prototype for me. I suspect you arenot but please let me know. I am in Ontario, close to Magda Havas but thusfar, I have not been able to get in touch with her on this.
 
I am so glad to hear your voice of reason. Thanks,
 
tanya


To: From: [hidden email]: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:16:40 -0400Subject: [eSens] Why NOT to use CFL bulbs




We are urged us to switch from regular incandescent light bulbs to compact fluorescent (CFL) light bulbs, to save energy. However, there is a very good reason NOT to use CFL bulbs. They create electromagnetic frequencies proven to be extremely detrimental to human health.CFL's operate at high frequency using an electronic switching ballast to chop up the 120 volts - that'show they are able to use less energy when compared to incandescent bulbs. Their typical operating frequency is in the region of 20kHz to 100kHz, a frequency range known to produce adverse effects on health.(By the way, dimmers operate similarly, converting the electrical signal into high frequency transients. Even clean incandescent lights will produce dirty electricity if a dimmer switch is used.)Professor Magda Havas of Trent University, Ontario, one of the world's leading researchers on the biological effects of EMF, states:“CFLs produce radio wave frequencies that radiate directly from the bulbs and also go on the electrical wiring in the home or school. The closer you sit to the bulb, the greater your exposure. Because the high frequencies travel along the wire, you can be exposed in other rooms of your home as well as in the room that contains the CFL. Many complain that theycannot be in a room with fluorescent lights because they feel 'unwell.' These people have difficulty shopping in large department stores because of the lighting and often go with list in hand and spend as little time in the store as possible. Their cognitive functions diminish and some have difficulty recalling where they parked their car.”Just one of the effects of dirty electricity, but a very important one, is adverse effect on insulin production and blood glucose levels. Dr. Havas reports:"We can take a person who is diabetic and put them in an electrically dirty environment, and theirblood sugar levels rise. We then put them into a clean environment, and within half an hour their blood sugar levels are lower. It becomes a barometer."For instance, the blood glucose level of one test subject rose from 121to over 350 solely from sitting near a lamp with a CFL in it for a couple of hours. (He had not eaten nor drunk anything that might have influenced his blood sugar.) Conversely, diabetics who install filters to remove the “dirty electricity” experience that they no longer need as much insulin, and some no longer need any insulin.In my own case, symptoms included severe insomnia, head pain, tingling of my left arm and leg and frightening cardiac arrythmia. I had gone to the ER twice in an ambulance and undergone $18,000 worth of medical tests before the cause of my symptoms was finally determined to be exposure to electrical pollution. (Not brain cancer as hadfinally been suspected!) When we cleared my personal environment of the damaging frequencies, the symptoms disappeared. My thyroid also resumed healthy function and I was able to discontinue thyroid medication. The doctors who had followed my case were extremely surprised, as they so rarely seesuch a total cessation of cardiac or thyroid problems. I believe this would be more common, if more people removed the cause of their symptoms.You could not pay me any amount of money to use CFL bulbs in our house. Another world-renowned expert Dr. Olle Johansson, of the department of neuroscience at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, points out that the dramatic rise in recent years of the number of people affected by electro-hypersensitivity (EHS) coincides with the mass production and distribution of electronic devices such as computers and cordless telephones that use and generate radio waves.For a more complete list of associated neurological, respiratory, cardiac, dermatological, opthamologic and other symptoms, please see: http://www.lifeenergies.com/symptoms/sysrmfi.htm/.Dr. Havas has completed a study on the frequencies created by various brands of CFL bulbs, which will be released soon. Meanwhile, this is what she advises:“Some packages even have a warning about the radio frequenc,y saying this light may interferewith radio reception. Indeed this is something that most people can test with a portable radio on AM. As you bring the radio close to an energy efficient bulb that produces radio frequencies the radio will begin to buzz. This is known as electromagnetic interference (EMI) and is a concern for anyone using wireless technology such as mobile phones or wireless computers.But the real problem is that these frequencies are making people sick. Three independent groups in the UK, including the British Association of Dermatologists, the Migraine Action Association, and Epilepsy Action, have reported illness among their members who have tried energy efficient compact fluorescent lights (CFL). The most common symptoms are headaches-including migraines, fatigue, confusion, dizziness, ringing in the ears, eyestrain, nausea and skin irritations.Not all energy efficient bulbs are the same. Some do not contribute to dirty electricity and do not produce radio frequencies and this includes a few compact fluorescent lights, some LEDs (light emitting dioxides) and some halogen bulbs. Unfortunately most of the bulbs on the market will make people sick. Reducing green house gases is important but doing it with flawed technology that will make the user ill is not the right course of action. If governments are going to ban the energy-inefficient but electromagnetically clean incandescent bulb, then they should alsoban bulbs that produce radio frequency pollution.I would encourage anyone who has recently purchased energy efficient bulbs and has since developed any of the symptoms mentioned above to test the bulb for radiation with a portable radio and if the radio buzzes to return the bulb to the retail storefor a full refund. Even if our government hasn't done its homework, individual consumers can still make a difference.” Dr. Havas and her associates have tested shielding material for the bulb and Graham Stetzer filters for the dirty electricity. Both work well but they don't believe this is theway to go, but that LED bulbs are the light of the future, for energy efficiency and because they create no radio frequencies.LED bulbs do not createharmful frequencies, and they are available in “warm white.” They arenot yet as bright as most of us are used to, but they are bright enough tomeet our needs. (LED technology is improving by leaps and bounds.)Some LEDwebsites to check out: www.superbrightleds.com www.ledlight.com www.lumileds.comFor more information regarding the health effects of manmade electromagnetic frequencies, please see my website, www.LifeEnergies.com/.Regards,Shivani Arjuna**************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money &amp; Finance.(http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001)[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]






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Hello Tanya,

normal bulbs do have a performance of 5 %. The rest of the energy is
transformed into heat.

A CFL bulbs does have a performance of 25 %, which of course is a bit
better.

The LED's however do have a performance of 94 %.
Their prices are high at the moment.
A 3Watt LED costs about 30 Euro; a 5Watt about 65 Euro.

Greetings,
Charles Claessens
member Verband Baubiologie
www.milieuziektes.nl
www.milieuziektes.be
www.hetbitje.nl
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From: "tanya wilson" <[hidden email]>
To: <[hidden email]>
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 18:19
Subject: RE: [eSens] Why NOT to use CFL bulbs



Hello Shivani.

I am a student in Ontario and a part of my current thesis on EMF is a
conductive retrofit for CFL's. I realize that CFL's are not the way to go
but I thought that this could not only functionally serve to protect but
also instigate more awareness on the issue. Thank you so much for writing on
the subject. Your story is somewhat heartbreaking. It must have been very
frustrating to go through all that added to to the utter lack of
acknowledgment and understanding of your case.

Sometimes even just a ,"Hey, you're right! These are killing you. Let's see
what we can do about it." can go a long way to maintaining one's sanity.
Anyway, are you in Canada, perchance? If you are close to me, it would be
great if you would acquiesce to testing a prototype for me. I suspect you
are not but please let me know. I am in Ontario, close to Magda Havas but
thus far, I have not been able to get in touch with her on this.

I am so glad to hear your voice of reason. Thanks,

tanya


To: From: [hidden email]: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:16:40 -0400Subject:
[eSens] Why NOT to use CFL bulbs

Where can you buy LED light bulbs that fit into a light socket?


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From: "charles" <[hidden email]>
To: <[hidden email]>
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 12:09 PM
Subject: Re: [eSens] Why NOT to use CFL bulbs

on
> the subject. Your story is somewhat heartbreaking. It must have been very
> frustrating to go through all that added to to the utter lack of
> acknowledgment and understanding of your case.
>
> Sometimes even just a ,"Hey, you're right! These are killing you. Let's
see

On the by Shivani mentioned website
http://www.superbrightleds.com/led_prods.htm
they are mentioned under *Household lighting*.

For 230 Volt, there are two types of fittings
- the normal E27 screw base,and the smaller one E12
- the 2 pins MR16 (which is about 3mm thick, contrary to the 1 mm thick pins
used for 12/24 Volt)

I have tested a type like E27-W3 with just one LED, plus lens.

Greetings,
Charles Claessens
member Verband Baubiologie
www.milieuziektes.nl
www.milieuziektes.be
www.hetbitje.nl
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To: <[hidden email]>
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 21:53
Subject: Re: [eSens] Why NOT to use CFL bulbs

Hello Shivani This was an excellent and interesting post - you make the
very valid point that governments shouldn't prescribe technology without
first checking it is safe - how much more this point also applies to the
great "wireless and mobile phone" experiment that people in the UK are
being subjected to without any opportunity to exercise personal choice.
You mention that your thyroid improved after you cleared your environment
of the damaging frequencies - how did you do that? can you tell me what
you used to clear your environment? I am asking because a lot of people
in this group are asking a similar question about what works?? best
wishes Daragh

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Subject: [eSens] Why NOT to use CFL bulbs
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:16:40 EDT

We are urged us to switch from regular incandescent light bulbs to
compact
fluorescent (CFL) light bulbs, to save energy. However, there is a
very good
reason NOT to use CFL bulbs. They create electromagnetic frequencies
proven to be
extremely detrimental to human health.

CFL's operate at high frequency using an electronic switching ballast
to chop
up the 120 volts - that's how they are able to use less energy when
compared
to incandescent bulbs. Their typical operating frequency is in the
region of
20kHz to 100kHz, a frequency range known to produce adverse effects
on health.

(By the way, dimmers operate similarly, converting the electrical
signal into
high frequency transients. Even clean incandescent lights will
produce dirty
electricity if a dimmer switch is used.)

Professor Magda Havas of Trent University, Ontario, one of the
world's
leading researchers on the biological effects of EMF, states:

“CFLs produce radio wave frequencies that radiate directly from the
bulbs and
also go on the electrical wiring in the home or school. The closer
you sit to
the bulb, the greater your exposure. Because the high frequencies
travel
along the wire, you can be exposed in other rooms of your home as
well as in the
room that contains the CFL.

Many complain that they cannot be in a room with fluorescent lights
because
they feel 'unwell.' These people have difficulty shopping in large
department
stores because of the lighting and often go with list in hand and
spend as
little time in the store as possible. Their cognitive functions
diminish and some
have difficulty recalling where they parked their car.”

Just one of the effects of dirty electricity, but a very important
one, is
adverse effect on insulin production and blood glucose levels. Dr.
Havas
reports:

"We can take a person who is diabetic and put them in an electrically
dirty
environment, and their blood sugar levels rise. We then put them
into a clean
environment, and within half an hour their blood sugar levels are
lower. It
becomes a barometer."

For instance, the blood glucose level of one test subject rose from
121 to
over 350 solely from sitting near a lamp with a CFL in it for a
couple of
hours. (He had not eaten nor drunk anything that might have
influenced his blood
sugar.) Conversely, diabetics who install filters to remove the
“dirty
electricity” experience that they no longer need as much insulin,
and some no longer
need any insulin.

In my own case, symptoms included severe insomnia, head pain,
tingling of my
left arm and leg and frightening cardiac arrythmia. I had gone to
the ER
twice in an ambulance and undergone $18,000 worth of medical tests
before the
cause of my symptoms was finally determined to be exposure to
electrical
pollution. (Not brain cancer as had finally been suspected!) When we
cleared my
personal environment of the damaging frequencies, the symptoms
disappeared. My
thyroid also resumed healthy function and I was able to discontinue
thyroid
medication.  

The doctors who had followed my case were extremely surprised, as
they so
rarely see such a total cessation of cardiac or thyroid problems. I
believe
this would be more common, if more people removed the cause of their
symptoms.

You could not pay me any amount of money to use CFL bulbs in our
house.  

Another world-renowned expert Dr. Olle Johansson, of the department
of
neuroscience at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, points out
that the dramatic
rise in recent years of the number of people affected by
electro-hypersensitivity (EHS) coincides with the mass production and
distribution of electronic
devices such as computers and cordless telephones that use and
generate radio
waves.

For a more complete list of associated neurological, respiratory,
cardiac,
dermatological, opthamologic and other symptoms, please see:
http://www.l
ifeenergies.com/symptoms/sysrmfi.htm/.

Dr. Havas has completed a study on the frequencies created by various
brands
of CFL bulbs, which will be released soon. Meanwhile, this is what
she
advises:

“Some packages even have a warning about the radio frequenc,y
saying this
light may interfere with radio reception. Indeed this is something
that most
people can test with a portable radio on AM. As you bring the radio
close to an
energy efficient bulb that produces radio frequencies the radio will
begin to
buzz. This is known as electromagnetic interference (EMI) and is a
concern
for anyone using wireless technology such as mobile phones or
wireless
computers.

But the real problem is that these frequencies are making people
sick. Three
independent groups in the UK, including the British Association of
Dermatologists, the Migraine Action Association, and Epilepsy Action,
have reported
illness among their members who have tried energy efficient compact
fluorescent
lights (CFL). The most common symptoms are headaches-including
migraines,
fatigue, confusion, dizziness, ringing in the ears, eyestrain, nausea
and skin
irritations.

Not all energy efficient bulbs are the same. Some do not contribute
to dirty
electricity and do not produce radio frequencies and this includes a
few
compact fluorescent lights, some LEDs (light emitting dioxides) and
some halogen
bulbs. Unfortunately most of the bulbs on the market will make people
sick.
Reducing green house gases is important but doing it with flawed
technology that
will make the user ill is not the right course of action. If
governments are
going to ban the energy-inefficient but electromagnetically clean
incandescent bulb, then they should also ban bulbs that produce radio
frequency
pollution.

I would encourage anyone who has recently purchased energy efficient
bulbs
and has since developed any of the symptoms mentioned above to test
the bulb for
radiation with a portable radio and if the radio buzzes to return the
bulb to
the retail store for a full refund. Even if our government hasn't
done its
homework, individual consumers can still make a difference.”

Dr. Havas and her associates have tested shielding material for the
bulb and
Graham Stetzer filters for the dirty electricity. Both work well but
they
don't believe this is the way to go, but that LED bulbs are the light
of the
future, for energy efficiency and because they create no radio
frequencies.

LED bulbs do not create harmful frequencies, and they are available
in “warm
white.” They are not yet as bright as most of us are used to, but
they are
bright enough to meet our needs. (LED technology is improving by
leaps and
bounds.)

Some LED websites to check out:
www.superbrightleds.com
www.ledlight.com
www.lumileds.com

For more information regarding the health effects of manmade
electromagnetic
frequencies, please see my website, www.LifeEnergies.com/.

Regards,
Shivani Arjuna

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