Safer lighting

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a better option than CFL's, if can't buy old incandescent

They offer both SAFETY

and reduced lifetime costs for electricity consumed and

labor costs, THEN he or she SHOULD be looking into the

LED drop-in replacement bulbs that:

a) consume less than 1/3rd the electricity of any

fluorescent tube;

last 5-10 times as long as a fluorescent bulb;

c) contain NO mercury;

d) do NOT require disposal as hazardous waste,

e) emit no pulsing UV-containing light; and

f) do NOT hum

-- the last two characteristics are important because

some children with disabilities react negatively to

the pulsing and/or the humming of fluorescent fixtures.

In addition, they require no ballasts (so all you need

do is disconnect the ballasts from the fixtures).

Their only overall " drawback " is that their initial costs

are higher.

They offer longer lifetimes and lower

power consumption they save money,

reduce maintenance

associated labor costs, are much safer

, pose no mercury-

exposure risk and neither pulse (flicker) NOR hum.

See, for example:

http://www.earthled.com/flseries. html