Re: Anyone moved to LED Lighting?

[don@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Don Klipstein)]

In article <f4yNm.10648$JC2.5210@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Josepi wrote:
>Interesting. Everything I have ever heard says the opposite about
>fluorescents, of the right colour.
>
>How can UV from the sun affect these maladities? Sun exposure usually
>affects many maladities in a good way. Breast cancer is one that is
>statistically reduced, big time.
>
>The flickering of fluorescents was always blamed for some problems but the
>sun doesn't flicker at 120Hz.
>
>"Chuck" <cbachmann@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:he643p$h5d$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> I will stay with old fashion bulbs as long as I can. My wife can't be
>> exposed to florescence bulbs. People with immune problems (arthritis or
>> lupus or fibromyalgia) react badly to the CFL type bulbs. They emit ultra
>> violet light like the sun does.

  Furthermore, CFLs emit less UV than is found in even a similar quantity
of daylight that has passed through a window.

 - Don Klipstein (don@xxxxxxxxx)