News on Incandescent bulbs being outlawed:
Incandescent bulbs are rapidly being depleted from 1000 bulbs.com, they hardly have anything left and they
said manufacturers are stopping production. August 1 it will be “illegal” to sell them but this will probably be up for a lawsuit. Please see the information below to share and hope that bulb manufacturers can get this info and lobby for incandescents too. The EMS disabled cannot safely use LED’s, they aren’t healthy for anyone including the environment.
With the bulb ban in the news, now is a great time for
people to know the truth. Here is a part of an email being sent to the media. [You can share] so that everyone can understand that LEDs are not FDA approved.
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The Department of Energy has published a rule that effectively bans incandescents and forces LED light bulbs by making two outrageous and provably false claims: 1) LED light has the same characteristics as incandescent light. 2) LED visible radiation is safe and causes no adverse health impacts.
LEDs emit a directed energy beam of visible
radiation that has little dispersion over distance. The disjointed spectral power distribution often contains hazardous blue wavelength light, and the electronics create dangerous square wave flicker. LED products are a human health hazard and the DOE has kept this information hidden from the public. The Soft Lights Foundation petitioned the DOE to rescind the 45 lumen/watt rule, but the DOE refuses to make our petition public for fear of the public learning the
truth. Our detailed petition is here: (https://www.softlights.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Combined-DOE-Petition.pdf) [Note, in cooperation with Softlights, Friends of Merrymeeting
Bay filed comments in this matter including the Softlights petition and comments were accepted].
The only federal agency with Congressional authority to regulate electromagnetic radiation emitted by electronic devices, including lasers and LEDs, is the Food and Drug Administration. The DOE
has no Congressional authority to force LED radiation devices onto the public. The FDA has not yet published the required performance standards that will ensure the comfort, health, and safety of the public, despite the Congressional mandate to do so. Performance standards would include restrictions on peak luminance, dispersion characteristics, spectral power distribution, and square wave flicker. The Soft Lights Foundation petitioned the FDA to regulate LED products on
June 12, 2022 (https://www.regulations.gov/document/FDA-2022-P-1151-0001). The FDA, however,
is not acting on our petition and sent us this letter: (https://www.softlights.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2023-917-reply_edited.pdf) You may contact Jeffrey Shuren, Director of the FDA CDRH (jeff.shuren@fda.hhs.gov) for
details on the hazards of LED visible radiation and lack of regulation.
LED light bulbs are unvetted, unregulated, unapproved, and hazardous to human health. Companies have no legal authority to manufacture or sell LED products, and the DOE has no Congressional
authorization to force LED products onto the public
Sincerely,
Mark Baker
President
Soft Lights Foundation
www.softlights.org
mbaker@softlights.org