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If you don%26#039;t break them or fall over because you are too impatient to wait for them to turn on there%26#039;ll be no health effects.CFLs usually have high frequency electronic ballasts which cause them to flicker at a rate you can%26#039;t perceive (and which can%26#039;t do anything to you). The colour rendition isn%26#039;t a health problem (though modern fluorescents are better than the old ones). 50% 3 Votes
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CFL%26#039;s contain a small amount of mercury, so you should avoid breaking them. They should be disposed of as hazardous waste. If you do break one, leave the room for at least 15 minutes, then ventilate it well. Don%26#039;t use your bare hands to pick up broken pieces.
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I don%26#039;t use them. To save energy I swapped out my high output regular bulbs (100 watt) with lower wattage one%26#039;s (75 watts) and still get light instantly. You%26#039;re doing the same thing, so why buy the %26quot;energy saving bulbs%26quot;?
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of course not. There is not way you can experience any difference.
People is always trying to find side effects for everything that is around us.
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wait i think fluorescent light bulbs i read an article in science and somewhere else that they aren%26#039;t very safe
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of course not.
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no, but they are slower turning on.
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