Did you know this?!!! Important health information

[Guest guest]

I wrote this article for NPR radio and I have just sent it as a

certified letter to Francis Blake the CEO of Home Depot. I am

trying to get biohazard signs in the stores, right next to all of

the " benefit " signs. I was recently at a Home Depot and watched a

man brake several fluorescent lights and the employees ran over and

cleaned it up with their hands and did not seal off the area as

proposed by the EPA and HAZMAT. Right after children ran over and

played on the area that was " swept up " but still saturated with

mercury and other hazardous materials. Please read this and pass

this on, in my opinion this is the most dangerously important issue-

that people are widely unaware of.

 

 

 

" Under the Fluorescent Light "

 

Compact fluorescent lighting and its contribution to:

 

Cancer, depression and learning disabilities.

 

By: Aurore Adamkiewicz ND

 

 

Its official, Canada is now in the process of phasing out

incandescent lighting and switching over to compact fluorescent

lighting in favor of the Kyoto Protocol. The United States is

presently considering following in Canada 's footsteps. Sounds like

just the promising " Green " change that environmentalists were

looking for. Indeed, many are rejoicing over these compact glass

gadgets that have been hailed as money/energy earth savers. Why is

the fact that CFL's are filled with mercury, emit microwaves, are

labeled a biohazard, and let off a strong and dangerous

electromagnetic field being virtually ignored or downplayed in

almost every article touting its " benefits " ? With these serious

health implications to consider, it is worth it for us as a society

to take a deeper look at the CFL phenomena and what its potential

impact will be on the human race. Let us not forget what the impact

that nuclear energy has already left on our entire world. This was

also once esteemed as a monetary and environmental breakthrough by

many of the same people who are pushing the fluorescent lighting

agenda today.

 

I would first like to explain why this subject interests me so

and why I am taking this potential risk to our health so seriously.

I am a naturopath doctor that practices sound and color therapy.

Color therapy, also known as chromatherapy, is the practice of

applying color to certain parts of the body using a light bulb and

colored filters to balance, rejuvenate, and heal the human body and

organs.

 

While this sounds like a simple and cost effective therapy (and

it is), let me assure you that color and sound therapy is a science

based on the effect of sound waves and frequencies and their effects

on the human body. In order for a chromatherapist to effectively

treat the human body they have to rely on the most perfect light

source to deliver the color. Obviously, the most perfect source

would be the sun itself, (yes, the sun, you know that big bright

ball in the sky that has accumulated so many enemies these days?).

You maybe thinking about now that I am going to tell you that I use

a full spectrum light, LED's, or a halogen…think again.

 

Incandescent bulbs, hands down, have the best and closest

spectrum to natural sunlight. Does that surprise you? This is

probably because you have been lied to for so long about the

benefits of " full-spectrum " lighting. A full-spectrum light or " Ott-

light " is a bulb that has had the color yellow completely removed

from its spectrum (Dinshah, 2005). Taking out the yellow makes

everything appear more clear and crisp, however, the fact that the

color blue is completely missing is creates a potential imbalance to

the human body. A regular non frosted incandescent bulb has a

larger amount of yellow than natural sunlight; however it has a

complete spectrum and is not missing any colors. Even with my

rejection of the Ott light and the full spectrum light, do not think

that I disregard the work of John Ott the founder of full spectrum

lighting. To the contrary, Dr. Ott's research on the dangers of

fluorescent lighting on the human body and environment is a powerful

voice of dissent among the hypnotized masses. His pioneering

research 25 years ago on the biological effects of light sources on

the human body is as relevant today as ever.

 

We no longer need to rely soley on Ott's work for information

about the dangers of Fluorescent lighting. Robert Brennan from the

New York Megaphone recently wrote an article calling for the removal

of fluorescent lighting from public work places, schools and

businesses. Brennan states that fluorescent lighting causes mental

and physical illness and poses risks to people who live and work

under the lights all day long (Brennan, 2007). Citing revolutionary

research from such highly regarded scientists and researchers as Dr.

Richard Stevens an epidemiologist from the University of Connecticut

medical center and Laurence Martel Ph.D president of the National

Academy of integrated learning, Brennan makes an irrefutable case

against the " environmentally un-friendly " fluorescent lighting.

Fluorescent lighting has been linked to problematic modern day

illnesses plaguing our society today, such as: depression, leukemia,

melanoma, anxiety, tooth decay, sleep disorders, headaches, SAD, and

aggressive behavior. My favorite research to cite is the fact that

people who worked outdoors in the sun all day had the lowest amounts

of skin cancer while office workers who worked under fluorescent

lights all day had the highest (Cousens, 2000).

 

The fact that Germany has already restricted the use of

fluorescent lighting in public places and has banned fluorescent

lights in hospitals shows us that this issue is too great to be

shrugged off and ignored (Brennan). We should follow Germany 's

path instead of Canada 's in regards to lighting and start as a

country looking at more relevant and pressing issues that are

beckoning for our attention. Clean water and the effects of

fluoride, pesticides and insecticides on our health and water table

is something that is spiraling out of control and needs to be taken

seriously. While climate change has been apart of life on earth for

millions of years, the utter and complete destruction of our

environment through man made chemicals has not. Let us work

together to keep our environmental priorities and not get caught up

in special interest hype. If you want to go " green " and still stay

healthy then use LEDs and not fluorescents.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

References

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dinshah, Darius, (2005). Let there be light.

 

Malaga: Dinshah Health Society

 

 

 

Brennan, Robert, (2007). Cited, Fluorescent light ain't right.

 

The New York Megaphone: New York City .

 

Reprinted: www.naturalenergyworks.net

 

 

 

Cousens, Gabriel, (2000). Conscious eating.

 

Berkley : North Atlantic