Safety of eco bulbs

[John Watson]

I don't read Investigate, but there is an article on the Stuff website regarding eco bulb safety.
"The Government's safety agency has warned the Fire Service about the potential hazard of energy-saving lightbulbs, a memorandum to firefighters reveals.


The memo, of which The Dominion Post has a copy, warns that compact fluorescent lamps, or eco bulbs, are reported to be melting, blowing up and blackening surrounding electrical equipment."

John Watson
St Bede's College

> Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:55:53 +1200
> From: "g.foster" <g.foster at clear.net.nz>
> Subject: Long life light bulbs
> To: Phys-teach-talk at nzip.org.nz
> Message-ID: <48a3bad9.1e2.20d9.28026 at clear.net.nz>
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> In the recent Investigate magazine Ian Wishhart has an
> article re how DANGEROUS the new coiled light bulbs are. Has
> anyone else read it?? Any comments? 
> 
> If you would like a copy please email me  fs at eggs.school.nz
> 
> Graham Foster
> 
> Graham Foster
> Director of Science, EGGS
> AMI Learned Society
> 
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> Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:59:23 +1200
> From: Kerry Parker and Andy Price <parkerprice at clear.net.nz>
> Subject: Re: Long life light bulbs
> To: g.foster at clear.net.nz, Phys-teach-talk at nzip.org.nz
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> Thanks Graham.  The article looks like an excellent example of unbalanced, 
> biased reporting, high on SENSATIONALISM.  Yes, the use of capitals is 
> UNNCESCCESARY!!!  It is good to question these things.  It is sad that the 
> word 'investigate' is associated with this type of journalism.  I belive 
> quite passionately that we should be teaching our students to see through 
> scare-mongering flakey 'science' and make reasoned decisions, as adults, 
> based consideration of a range of evidence of varying validity.  Whether it 
> is Moon hoaxes, the oil companies supressing the water-powered car, cell 
> phones as mind-control or food supplements , we all need to get things in 
> proportion and make up our own minds.
> Discussion of relative risk and what might be deemed dangerous, or even 
> DANGEROUS, is also valueable.  The evidence that I have seen is that people, 
> with Kiwis in particlar, being pretty poor at assessing relative risk.
> Happy debating
> Kerry
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