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Unlike many cheaper, less sophisticated products in the low energy lighting market, Megaman CFLs are recognised internationally as being technically advanced, energy efficient, creating no harmful emissions, and having virtually no toxic contents. This uniquely safe product portfolio is a direct result of huge research and development programmes which bring the latest techniques and materials to both manufacturing processes and end products.
There has been much anecdotal discussion, mainly online and in the media, concerning the alleged health hazards caused by toxic and electromagnetic emissions from CFLs. Megaman products are almost universally free of such hazards.
Often debated apparent hazards of CFLs have included:
Mercury Emissions
Mercury in various solid and liquid forms has to be used to make all mercury discharge lights work properly (including CFLs and fluorescent tubes). This toxic element has been present in significant quantities in the common fluorescent strip lights used in offices, shops and public buildings for decades. But it is undeniably a highly hazardous substance in liquid or vapour form, leading to concerns about harmful emissions when lamps get broken, or when disposed of to land fill.
Megaman CFLs contain no mercury in its dangerous liquid form, but use it in a totally safe solid amalgam combined with other elements. Laboratory test have confirmed that Megaman bulbs release no toxic liquid mercury to the atmosphere when broken, and are environmentally safe when recycled, posing no danger to domestic users or recycling personnel.
VOCs
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) are a group of substances which include phenol, styrene, naphthalene and ethanol, which in large quantities can be harmful to health and contribute to the global greenhouse effect. VOCs are present in virtually all electrical and electronic equipment in use today, including TVs, computers, mobile phones, HiFi, and any product using printed circuit technology. Using ANY equipment of this kind can result in minute emissions of VOCs, in proportions which can effectively be discounted as being hazardous
Megaman recently commissioned independent laboratories to test its CFL products, to investigate whether phenol and other VOCs are released during lamp operation. The tests were conducted in accordance with the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA). The results showed that no phenol, styrol, kresol, bromphenol, naphthalene, styrene or other VOCs were released from Megaman lamps during normal use or recycling.
Light and Electromagnetic Radiation issues
A relatively small number of people are affected medically by certain types of light, flickering light or electromagnetic radiation, whatever the source of that radiation. Such sufferers can be affected by sunlight, fluorescent tubes, strobe lighting or simply by the magnetic effects of large-scale electric machinery or even television sets. Distressing conditions which can be exacerbated can include Lupus, Migraine or even Autism.
When the first energy saving lamps (for example straight fluorescent tubes) were originally introduced, they operated at mains frequency. This caused problems for people who were especially sensitive to flickering light. However, while some highly sensitive sufferers are still vulnerable to even the smallest trigger, much of the problem has now been resolved. All Megaman CFLs operate at high frequency, reducing flicker to less than would be experienced by watching a computer monitor or TV. iPad or Smart Phone.
In terms of ultraviolet, infra-red or electromagnetic radiation, all Megaman products have been laboratory tested and certified to be well within internationally agreed standards – in facts for most types of radiation, emissions are virtually negligible.
For these reasons, Megaman believes that its low energy lighting products are demonstrably more advanced than comparable competitive products, and represent a benchmark for future safety standards in the industry.
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