An Assessment of Benefits and Potential Health and Environmental Hazards from Compact Fluorescent Lights
Introduction
The purpose of this study is to examine the benefits as well as potential health and environmental risks of compact fluorescent light bulbs. This is achieved by reviewing literature that has existing research and highlighting the areas with important gaps to allow future rounds of either qualitative or quantitative research. This paper presents a summary and reviews of existing studies and augmented with information from new research conducted.
As traditional light bulbs are soon to be phased out and compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) become compulsory (Energy Saving Trust, 2009) concerns have been raised over the health and environmental risks CFLs pose. Some health risks that have been highlighted by concern groups, as will be shown in this paper, are headaches, epilepsy and skin conditions. The presence of mercury in CFLs could also be of concern to consumers. There have been claims that the mercury in them makes CFLs so dangerous that everyone must leave the room for at least 15 minutes if one falls to the floor and breaks (Delgado 2008). However, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra, 2009) and the Energy Saving Trust (2009) contend that climate change is the biggest threat facing the Earth today and measures aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions are necessary. Defra (2009) argues that CFLs can play an important role in this regard as they are more efficient and use up less electricity than the traditional bulbs.
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