Melatonin

It is not the light on, it's the light you leave on! But if you think about it, melatonin is produced during sleeping time. I do know that in the past, during my epileptic period, that I was very, very, sensitive to flourescents and they promoted my seizures. I could actually see them flickering, tho others couldn't. Thank goodness, I learned that "stress" was the promoter of my seizures, have changed lifestyle...but still am concerned about flourescents...and the mercury that is in them. Especially for disposal. Nice to have you posting again...have a "tinny" on me!

I have never seen a flourescents light in a bedroom... much less one left on at night. How could you sleep with that on? What about those new energy saver lights? Are they flourescents?

Aussies, it is the blue light in the flourescents. Not ordinary incandescent lights. CFC's are the new lights that they are promoting, and CFC's are compact flourescent, so they handily fit in all light sockets, and they emit the blue light that this discussion is about. People did not have them as a regular bulb up until now....and our government is banning incandescence in two years. Now we are faced with the new dilemna, the horse is out, now we shut the barn door. The government is banning incandescents, but they have come up with no way for the average householder to dispose of CFC's which have Mercury in them, and guess what, light bulbs are easily broken. So now, having no disposal system in place we are filling our landfills with Mercury. And as we all know Mercury is a deadly poison, and a little bit goes a long way. Flourescents in office, normally are daylight lights, dark in wintertime, but it is during sleeptime that we produce melatonin....not during normal daytime. This whole CFC thing scares me, as it is NOT well thought out!

Old discussion, thank your for responding, my friend! My concern comes from the fact that here, in Canada, we are having CFC's shoved down our throats! Soon we will not be able to buy incandescent lights. Once again, the cart is before the horse.....the concerns of the blue light from them, according to World Health Organization.....but I really feel, now, after lots more research...our concern should be the disposal of the CFC's. THEY HAVE MERCURY IN THEM...and they are going into landfills! Or if you should break one, you can become contaminated. Our government is forcing us to use these.....but with NO guidelines or facilities for disposal! Sorry for my rant, ronaldinu...but this really upsets me!

In Europe CFC are banned in most countries. Thanks for the br award.

Please note, my dearest, the issue is CFC's that we are replacing all our light bulbs (incandescent) with. They emit a "blue" light which we cannot see, but it interrupts our production of melatonin.

There has always been a major discussion over flourescent lites! But I do hear you, there is such a push on here for all of us to transfer to CFC's, but I really did wonder about the downside of them, as they are flourescents. I have always used a nite lite, too, but I have never used Flourescents. I do believe that there is something to flourescents, tho. For about a 10 yr. period, I suffered from seizures, and flourescent lights seemed to promote them.