Comments on: Great news: Federally-permitted lightbulbs a cancer risk

By: As all sane, smart people predicted: Government’s ‘green’ lightbulbs cause cancer

Thu, 02 May 2013 14:03:40 +0000

[...] “How were we to know?” [...]

By: News Mash: Environmentalists suffer The Law of Unintended Consequences and in vain. | Anguished Repose

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 05:03:42 +0000

[...] of resistance because CFLs are impractical, more expensive, and it turns out they might actually be a cancer risk, no big deal or anything. But if the goal is to get people to buy bulbs that use electricity more [...]

By: Reminder: That incandescent light bulb ban was not a good idea | Tarpon's Swamp

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:46:40 +0000

By: listens2glenn

listens2glenn — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:47:14 +0000

Legislate in haste … repent at leisure. Ed Morrisey

. That sounds very much like:

"It's easier to secure forgiveness, than permission."

By: Fleuries

Fleuries — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:49:00 +0000

…meanwhile I am trying to find a replacement system for the 75 watt bulb I kept near oil tank filter that I turned on when it was below 0F out to prevent gelling.
meanwhile the loss of heat from me stupidly swapping to cfl 2-3 yrs ago makes my furnace run more in winter.

Where the 75 watt bulb was doing a good job for you, you need to get a double light fixture and put it in your single light fixture, and you can put 25 watt in one, and 50 watt in the other…

Or just put 50 watts in each.

I have cfl in my basement, they look dumb but no one lives there, except mice who don’t live long there, and I put them there because it is silly to pay to light the basement all night…or for days…if someone leaves it on and no one goes there. They also last a really long time, so I don’t think they will go out while I live here. The light they shed is putrid, though, like morning sickness.

I am looking for some new matching lamps, now that 50 watts are all you can get, I am going to get lots of twin lamps,(matching sets)like those pairs you get for the bedroom.

What a stoopid idea, telling people they can’t have a nice light bulb in their house. Now must be the time to stock up on 50 watts…are they going out of style too?

By: anotherJoe

anotherJoe — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 05:43:52 +0000

I like this 2 minute music video from Minnesotans for Global Warming that at one point mocks Al Gore and his idiotic CFL lightbulb idea. Entertaining: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtWIzMY7Dqs&info=HottestYearSince1863_NOT

By: January 6, 2013 | Thudbits

January 6, 2013 | Thudbits — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 05:43:14 +0000

[...] Federally-permitted lightbulbs a cancer risk Great news: another Federal screw-up. Ultra violet rays can burn skin and cause cancer. [...]

By: RalphyBoy

RalphyBoy — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 03:05:06 +0000

Eh… at my daughter’s house tonight a New & Improved Bulb went out and while trying to figure out how to dispose of it we looked for and found the following statement on the base of the bulb ‘dispose of according to local regulations’

When do there start including the ‘safe distance’ warning?

As a nanny…. Gov. SUCKS!

By: christene

christene — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 20:33:10 +0000

We put one in the hallway, thank God we were home when it started to spark and shot out a flame like it was about to blast off! They are not user friendly!

By: acyl72

acyl72 — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 16:40:09 +0000

Anyone want to lay odds that the white house, capitol and most of the government buildings don’t have these things in them?

Fine for the common rabble but not for them.

By: askwhatif

askwhatif — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 16:23:32 +0000

I still think it would be hilarious if someone accidentally dropped a CFL on the Senate floor and broke it.

Oldnuke on January 4, 2013 at 10:25 PM

Seems like that would be the only way they would ban the CFLs.
I vote yay.

By: askwhatif

askwhatif — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 16:21:20 +0000

Gee, they (the EPA) do not seem to mention the amounts of toxins used to manufacture these bulbs, that’s why they are being manufactured in CHINA.
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WARNING: NEVER USE A CFL MANUFACTURED IN CHINA!! It could very well be the death of you.
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Just try to find an MSDS on these bulbs. It’s harder than it should be.

By: Study States OBAMA Bulbs Could Cause Cancer | Endtime News with Prophecy in Mind

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 08:52:51 +0000

[...] “It can also cause skin cancer in the deadliest form, and that’s melanoma,” said Dr. Rebecca Tung. LINK [...]

By: listens2glenn

listens2glenn — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 06:10:25 +0000

Hey, some people are allergic to copper and lead. petefrt on January 4, 2013 at 6:18 PM
. A condition that should become universal for tyrannical bureaucrats. .
Agreed, but what can we do to Maurice Strong? He’s not an elected official in civil authority. I’m not sure he’s even a citizen of the U.S. listens2glenn on January 5, 2013 at 6:06 PM
. See above. SDN on January 5, 2013 at 11:54 PM

. Strong, Gorbachev, and Soros should all meet that fate. But all three are as difficult to get to as any World leader, including ours.

By: SDN

SDN — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 04:54:10 +0000

Hey, some people are allergic to copper and lead.

A condition that should become universal for tyrannical bureaucrats.

Agreed, but what can we do to Maurice Strong?

He’s not an elected official in civil authority.

I’m not sure he’s even a citizen of the U.S.

listens2glenn on January 5, 2013 at 6:06 PM

See above.

By: Glad I stocked up on incandescent bulbs while they were still legal « Modern Commentaries

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 00:26:22 +0000

[...] they cause skin cancer! [...]

By: petefrt

petefrt — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 23:18:39 +0000

stenwin77 on January 5, 2013 at 3:07 PM

Yes, of course. Excellent idea. And as luck would have it, I just happen to be going shopping tomorrow.

Breitbart lives.

By: listens2glenn

listens2glenn — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 23:06:18 +0000

Time to hold who ever came up with this idea in the first place accountable…

Seven Percent Solution on January 4, 2013 at 4:00 PM

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Agreed, but what can we do to Maurice Strong?

He’s not an elected official in civil authority.

I’m not sure he’s even a citizen of the U.S.

By: BobMbx

BobMbx — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 22:45:05 +0000

I still think it would be hilarious if someone accidentally dropped a CFL on the Senate floor and broke it.

Oldnuke on January 4, 2013 at 10:25 PM

Guantanamo is designed for people that think like that.

By: LizardLips

LizardLips — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 22:43:44 +0000

…and the plumped-bottomed, Obama friend/crony/acolyte Lisa Jackson is leaving the EPA. Coincidence? I think not.

By: GWB

GWB — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 21:05:24 +0000

And, by the way, if we applied the same level of scrutiny to incandescent light bulbs, you’d probably have a heart attack at the toxic chemicals let loose when you break one of those things.

Nessuno on January 4, 2013 at 3:53 PM

Like what? Inert gas? Tungsten? There aren’t any chemicals, because that’s all an incandescent bulb is: glass, inert gas, a high-resistance metal wire. There are plenty of chemicals used in their manufacture, but that’s true of most manufacturing.

The point of all the toxic chemicals being in LEDs is that when they get disposed of, people will pitch them in the regular garbage in job lots. Just like they do now with way too many things. Then you have a problem.

The other problem with LEDs is the same one many folks here mention about CFLs – they produce negligible heat. Stoplights are having to have little heaters installed now because where the incandescents use to keep snow and ice from covering the light, the LEDs don’t.

By: Study States OBAMA Light Bulbs Could Cause Cancer… - The Ulsterman Report

Study States OBAMA Light Bulbs Could Cause Cancer… - The Ulsterman Report — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 20:24:44 +0000

[...] “It can also cause skin cancer in the deadliest for, and that’s melanoma,” said Dr. Rebecca Tung. LINK [...]

By: stenwin77

stenwin77 — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 20:07:09 +0000

Every single one of us should be having “accidents” in the stores with these bulbs.

In the cart, drop a box of kitty litter on it, oooops.

Have to clear the building.

An easy weapon, yet we do nothing.

By: January 5th, 2012 | If You Voted For It — You Own It

January 5th, 2012 | If You Voted For It — You Own It — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 19:22:57 +0000

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By: petefrt

petefrt — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 18:03:27 +0000

I still think it would be hilarious if someone accidentally dropped a CFL on the Senate floor and broke it.

Oldnuke on January 4, 2013 at 10:25 PM

It’s a must-do, preferably just before a vote to cancel the incandescent bulb ban.