Fluorescent Prices Go Up, Debate Continues, OCTRON 800

Energy-saving light bulbs leap in price
Telegraph.co.uk
Now, at the end of this month, comes the biggest reform of all, when all production of basic 60-watt light bulbs will cease. Once stocks run out, householders will have to rely on low-energy Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) instead. …

The Light Bulb Debate Continues: Another Perspective
Patch.com
By Keith Miller A few months ago, my colleague Jim Persoon, who also serves on the Oakdale Environmental Management Commission, wrote an Environmental Notes column about the merits and disadvantages of compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) and whether …

OSRAM SYLVANIA Introduces OCTRON 800 XV Fluorescent Lamps
AZoOptics.com (press release)
By Andy Choi

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Council Speeds Replacement of PCB-Tainted School Lights
Wall Street Journal (blog)
The new city council agreement would speed up the first wave of replacements by adding 30 schools to the initial group of 180 targeted for lighting upgrades. Education officials estimate there are PCB-tainted fluorescent light fixtures at 772 city …

‘Bulb Eater’ helps curb toxic waste
GMANews.TV
“True, we have switched from inefficient incandescent bulbs to efficient lighting systems such as compact fluorescent lamps. But it comes with a price – mercury is an integral component of CFLs. And mercury, if not properly disposed of, poses health …

Partnership expands CFL

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THIS MATTERS TO ME: Seeing the (fluorescent) light?
Fall River Herald News
By Tim Sullivan Like many, I rushed out years ago, purchased and installed those curly-Q light bulbs (compact fluorescent light bulbs or CFLs) after I was told that they would last 10 years or more and that they will save the world by saving the … 

Energy-efficient light bulb deadline delayed
CBC.ca
The federal government has been encouraging the use of compact fluorescent light bulbs as traditional incandescent bulbs are phased out. But Ottawa has proposed a two-year delay to its 2012 deadline requiring all new light bulbs sold in Canada to be

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