Re: Dissecting CFLs

["Robert L Bass" <no-sales-spam@bassburglaralarms>]

> The FDA has a web page that says fluorescents
> cause problems for those who suffer from migraines...

Once again, Houston misquotes and misleads.  The
above statement implies that flourescents cause
problems for all who suffer from migraines.  Anyone
who suffers from migraines knows that is not true.
Houston doesn't bother to mention that the FDA's
page on the subject also says, "... things that trigger
migraine in one person might not affect another,
even someone else in the same family."

> but they don't provide supporting evidence (or, if so,
> I missed it).

That's partly because flourecent lights, in and of
themselves, don't trigger migraines.  It's the flicker that
*sometimes* triggers a migraine in *some* people.
For some people looking at a neon light can trigger a
migraine.  For others strobe lights are a trigger.  For
most, strobes, neon and flourescents are not a problem.

BTW, there's a wonderful drug called Imitex that can
end a migraine in five minutes for some people, allowing
them to return to work in less than 30 minutes if it's
taken promptly at the onset of symptoms.

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Regards,
Robert L Bass

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