As of yesterday The Biden administration is BANNING old-fashioned incandescent light bulbs. Rules finalized by the Energy Department will require manufacturers to sell energy-efficient lightbulbs, accelerating a longtime industry practice to use compact fluorescent and LED bulbs that last 25 to 50 times longer than incandescent bulbs.
Incandescent bulbs are soothing to our eyes, calming to the mind, and mimic our beautiful sun. The sun emits light on the near-infrared spectrum. Special near-infrared saunas can be used for wound healing and other health applications.
What are the dangers of LEDS?
Flicker. Because LEDs are digital lights, they flicker. Most people cannot perceive this. Color-changing LED lights and dimmed LED lights turn completely off and completely on, very quickly. Flicker is “biologically active. And flicker is something that is very harmful to your [biology],” according to Dr. Alexander Wunsch
Blue Light. LED lights emit substantial amounts of blue light, and their emission of light is high intensity. Researchers in France wrote that these factors “are the main sources of concern about the health risks of LEDs with respect to their toxicity to the eye and the retina.” They conducted a peer-reviewed animal study. After exposing rats to commercially available white LEDs and four kinds of blue LEDs, they examined the animals’ retinas. They discovered that the lights caused oxidative damage, injury and cell death to the retinal cells and photoreceptor cells.
Toxins: Although LED lights do not contain mercury, they do contain lead, arsenic and a number of other toxins and heavy metals. The low-intensity red LEDs were found to contain up to 8 times the safe levels of lead.
What are the dangers of fluorescents?
Wavelength. May interfere with circadian rhythms due to suppression of melatonin, which in turn has been linked to cancer.
Leak mercury and other heavy metals.
When looking at risks not sure how any of this helping to save us or our planet..
