Posted by Marc Martin on
URL: https://www.es-forum.com/lights-tp1542111p1542140.html

bbin37 wrote:
> With ES symptoms occurring with even the low energy mercury bulbs this
> could point to reaction from resonance. Since a portion of
> fluorescent bulb EMR is from excited mercury vapor perhaps people with
> deposits of mercury in their bodies could have those deposits excited
> into sympathetic vibration.

I have also wondered if the mercury content in the florescent lighting
may be the problem. It'll be interesting to see if the new LED energy
efficient lights are any better, since they won't have any mercury
in them. You can already buy these, but so far they are very expensive
and don't have much light output...

I've also wondered if this is the problem I have with laptops and
LCD screens, which are currently using florescent lights for the
backlight. But again, there should eventually be affordable LED
alternatives...

Marc