tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34952281.post7096872551367294657..comments2024-03-27T03:28:24.204-07:00Comments on Peromyscus: Aha!Lyle Hopwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17498505748509787968noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34952281.post-532455134085494032007-11-23T22:16:00.000-08:002007-11-23T22:16:00.000-08:00Interesting, Kass. Thanks!Interesting, Kass. Thanks!Lyle Hopwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17498505748509787968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34952281.post-76094502027722872092007-11-19T06:37:00.000-08:002007-11-19T06:37:00.000-08:00You may want to read this:http://www.newswithviews...You may want to read this:<BR/>http://www.newswithviews.com/Peterson/rosalind1.htm<BR/><BR/>CA seems to have provision for disposing of these bulbs but they sure don't where I live. Breaking one in your house appears major, and there are headaches and eyestrain associated with them, which I can personally attest to. I now use them only in my two outside doorway lights and my rootcellar, as those are the only places I'm not subjected to them for any length of time. Your psychic response to them may be telling you more than you realize.<BR/><BR/>I used to work at a biotech company that had an animal lab, which I had to inspect. The rabbits were under a really pleasant-feeling light compared to the fluorescent lighting in the lab personnel offices and in my own as well. It was noticeably different and I asked about it.<BR/><BR/>The rabbits had full-spectrum light because they did not behave "normally" under fluorescent and it affected the testing. When I asked maintenance to change the lighting in my office to what the rabbits had they balked because it cost more. I insisted and finally got my way. Then my co-workers, noticing the difference insisted too. I was seen as a trouble-maker after that.<BR/><BR/>I think whatever gains the trend toward fluorescence provides may need to be weighed against the losses, at least for those as sensitive as rabbits. Of course, soon we may not have the choice. One more freedom lost.<BR/><BR/>I get really upset when I see individuals trying so conscientiously to make a difference and corporations flouting regulations, only one of which if fully regulated for a year would probably make the difference our entire citizenry could make changing bulbs. It's touching, how much we care, but I sometimes think the "doing our part" attitude keeps us from fighting the battle where it really needs to be fought - in fighting deregulation. Not that we can't do both, of course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com