http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/ Engadget Comments for Are compact fluorescent bulbs causing migraines? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/Feb 7th 2008 9:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/
Seriously, if you get migranes (and I do), its nothing to do with the bulb. Its the power that flows through it.

DC LED's FOR ALL!

It is also worth noting that the Daily Mail isnt worth using as toilet paper, and panders to angry old folks who think we should implement the final solution on everyone. Readers Beware.]]>Jan 2nd 2008 9:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/Jan 2nd 2008 9:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/Jan 2nd 2008 9:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/Jan 2nd 2008 9:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/
Not *entirely* true. Incandescent bulbs flicker erratically (or not at all) based on the cleanliness of your power, but ALL fluorescent tech has a fixed cycle rate. That is why my wife has a seizure when exposed to them for too long. It's the patterned cycling that sets her off.

If the government outlaws old bulbs we will simply have to be criminals.]]>Jan 2nd 2008 10:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/
Unless you're a fly, I don't think you'll see much flicker from that.

Near the end of the lamps usable life it may flicker as it's dying, but that's about it.
]]>Jan 3rd 2008 1:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/Jan 2nd 2008 11:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/Jan 3rd 2008 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/the lights are fabulous by the way... i love not having to change them every couple months. and they dont heat up a room during summer like regular bulbs do (i live in arizona)]]>Jan 2nd 2008 9:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/Jan 2nd 2008 10:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/Jan 3rd 2008 9:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/]]>Jan 2nd 2008 9:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/
To test if a camera is sensitive to flicker, point it to a CRT screen. It should have black lines running through it.

The thicker the black lines, the worse the flicker is.

I use that flicker test when buying LCDs and TVs.]]>Jan 2nd 2008 10:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/Jan 2nd 2008 10:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/
Next you'll be telling me you don't know what the symbol is for "tinfoil hats must be worn at all times"!]]>Jan 2nd 2008 10:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/Jan 3rd 2008 12:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/
Shopper: BBBBVVBVBBVVVVBVBVVVVVBBVBBV.
Employee 1: What the fuck is he doing?
Employee 2: Shopping for a new TV.]]>Jan 3rd 2008 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/
As a potential insider into British society (insofar as I am British and exhibit social tendencies), I might inform the less enlightened readers that the Daily Mail's manifesto includes topics like:

- immigration
- council tax
- wheelie bins (don't ask)
- house prices
- the subprime "sweet-baby-Moses-on-stilts-we're-all-doomed" crisis
- other angry Middle England, right-ish ideas

Oh, and the idea that Wi-Fi in schools may (disclaimer: or may not) be killing children.

So there.]]>Jan 2nd 2008 9:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/Jan 2nd 2008 9:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://tinyurl.com/24h3mq]]>Jan 2nd 2008 9:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/Jan 2nd 2008 10:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/
Also, don't let them know that Phillips have a lighting factory in Poland. Damn them poles floating over in their wheelie bins, taking all our council houses and dead-end jobs, and giving us all headaches with their new fangled lightbulbs...]]>Jan 3rd 2008 9:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/Jan 2nd 2008 9:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/Jan 2nd 2008 9:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/Jan 2nd 2008 9:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/Jan 2nd 2008 9:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/Jan 2nd 2008 9:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/
It must be true since it's written on the internet.]]>Jan 3rd 2008 8:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/Jan 2nd 2008 9:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/Jan 2nd 2008 9:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/
No, really, it exploded on me, thankfully it didn't fall on me (it was the one farther apart from the switch)... but still for some weird reason I'm with you: I trust incandescent bulbs more than fluorescent.. I have fluorescent bulbs all over my house (yes I know, the one that exploded was on a room we use as warehouse on the backyard) and while I agree that the light quality isn't the same and it is a bit scary when they blink while off (because of the kind of switches I have), the savings have been noticeable.. specially now that prices are constantly going up here at Mexico]]>Jan 2nd 2008 9:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/Jan 2nd 2008 10:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/
I had 2 of them slip past my hand and shatter on impact, and I saw a fair number of other (read:shorter) people do it a heck of a lot more often.

It sucked because the glass from the breakage is so fine, it's a pain to clean up.]]>Jan 3rd 2008 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/Jan 2nd 2008 9:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/Jan 2nd 2008 9:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/Jan 2nd 2008 9:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/Jan 2nd 2008 9:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/Jan 2nd 2008 9:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/Jan 2nd 2008 9:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/Jan 2nd 2008 9:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/Jan 2nd 2008 9:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/Jan 2nd 2008 10:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/Jan 2nd 2008 9:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/Jan 2nd 2008 9:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/
http://www.foxbusiness.com/blog.html?bbPostId=Cz5Ev0JdU2gZtB5hCCYBscaP5Cz3ZHnsaXvJEvB92ZUNs68gKc]]>Jan 2nd 2008 9:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/
I thought that modern bulbs didn't have that high pitched sound.

Maybe they just went higher pitched.]]>Jan 2nd 2008 11:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/Jan 11th 2008 2:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/Jan 2nd 2008 9:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/are-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-causing-migraines/
Also, what kind of non-story is this? I don't see anything besides anecdotal evidence here. Give me a peer-reviewed study and I'll be inclined to believe it.]]>Jan 2nd 2008 9:48PM