Abstract
There is a drive to energy efficiency to mitigate climate change. To meet this challenge, the UK Government has proposed phasing out incandescent lamps by the end of 2011 and replacing them with energy efficient fluorescent lighting, including compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) with integrated ballasts. This paper presents a summary of an assessment conducted by the Health Protection Agency in March 2008 to evaluate the optical radiation emissions of CFLs currently available in the UK consumer market. The study concluded that the UV emissions from a significant percentage of the tested CFLs with single envelopes may result in foreseeable overexposure of the skin when these lamps are used in desk or task lighting applications. The optical output of all tested CFLs, in addition to high-frequency modulation, had a 100-Hz envelope with modulation in excess of 15%. This degree of modulation may be linked to a number of adverse effects.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 521-525 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Radiation Protection Dosimetry |
| Volume | 131 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We are grateful for the support of each participating student and their parents, as well as the faculty of the elementary schools for specimen collection. We would like to thank our colleagues at the National Health Research Institutes and National Taiwan University, for their assistance in data and specimen collection. We would also like to thank the nurses at the NTU hospital, Yun-Lin branch, for their assistance in blood sample collection. We are also grateful for the funding support provided by the National Health Research Institutes (Grant nos: EH-102-PP-06, EH-103-PP-06, and EH-104-PP-06).
