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Are your lights making you sick?

Are your lights making you sick?

Like you, I have often questioned the validity of working under fluorescent lights day after day; but hey… they are better for the environment or so we are meant to believe. The new era of “green marketing” is hypocritical when you consider that energy saving lamps contain toxic mercury vapour and electronic components most of which ends up in landfill and contaminates our air and water ways. In addition, new research demonstrates that some forms of lighting may emit harmful electromagnetic fields that can bring on migraine headaches and epilepsy in susceptible individuals. Read more