Oh my geez not this again.
I have heard it all.
"It creates an EM field that will harm you"
BULL! You have any idea how about EM a body will absorb every day? Every Bird in Orbit overhead, Every TV and Radio station every mobile comm.
The only way an EM field at such low wattage can harm you is if you are RIGHT against it. I mean head to bulb or ANY device. For that matter. My computer creates high levels of EM that is why computers are required to be in cases. Not for heath but because the EM can interfere with radio.
"It creates tons of UV light that will cook you"
That is blowing a small issue WAY out of proportion.
LAWs do not allow bulbs to be sold in the US if the UV exposure over time is dangerous. CFLs let loose a LITTLE UV that does not get absorbed and reemitted from the phosphor layer. This is a direct attribute to the efficiency of a bulb in my opinion. Better the layer better the bulb less the tiny UV. Also to counter this further a new layer is being added to absord UV and STORE the energy to turn the bulb into sort of a glow in the dark emergency light in the case of a power failure.
Also a little extra UV wont kill you. And may help save you in fact as UV is harmful to microbial life.
Now all this is starting to get Moot anyway. LEDs will be the big item to have in 2012 beyond anyway.
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