Hope you’ve been stocking up on higher wattage incandescent bulbs – while you still can – because the news about CFLs just keeps getting worse and worse ~ Study: Eco-friendly bulbs could cause skin cancer (hey, nobody said saving the planet would be easy).
 
As I wrote back in November 2011;

… more importantly, beyond the corrupt politics-as-usual, the new CFLs (compact fluorescent lights) that they’re foisting on us to replace the incandescents, can be seriously hazardous to your health. The problem is that the cute curly bulbs contain mercury, which is a neurotoxin and considered hazardous waste. If one happens to break, it releases gaseous mercury. When initially turned on, they release chemicals into the atmosphere that are known to cause cancer. Even better, CFLs operate at a much higher frequency than incandescent bulbs, causing them to emit UV radiation. What’s not to love?

 
A couple months ago we learned that workers at CFL production facilities in China are developing mercury poisoning.
 
And now a recent study reaffirms the finding that exposure to the bulbs may lead to premature aging and skin cancer:
 

Research at Long Island’s Stony Brook found that the bulbs emit (UV) rays so strong that they can actually burn skin and skin cells.
 
“The results were that you could actually initiate cell death,” said Marcia Simon, a Professor of Dermatology.

 
It’s amazing really. The more the dictators in D.C. meddle in the free market, under the guise of taking care of us poor helpless citizens, the more Americans’ quality of life declines.
 
Related:
CFLs – the Facts
SBU Study Reveals Harmful Effects of CFL Bulbs to Skin