Below, McGowan and Dara Greaney, CEO of LEDLightExpert.com, explain what CFL bulbs are and how they differ from incandescents (the classic glass globes with a filament inside) and light-emitting ...

A light source consisting of a long glass tube containing mercury in a partial vacuum. Available in many lengths and several diameters, the tube is lined with a fluorescent phosphor. When the ...

Signatories to the Minamata Convention on Mercury have agreed to ban the manufacture, import and export of straight tube fluorescent lamps by the end of 2027, paving the way for an end to ...

They use fluorescent tube protectors as a cheap source of clear tubes, and use plumbing and conduit parts to make easy-insert connectors for pairing with the modular bases. Light is courtesy of ...

The bulbs inside scanners (before transitioning to LED, anyway) were cold cathode fluorescent tubes that emit a fairly wide bandwidth of light. They were purpose-built to produce a very specific ...

In some people that are photosensitive, UV light from sunlight and indoor light sources can trigger a lupus flare. In addition to sunlight, ultraviolet rays are also given off by several different ...

Oregon has become the seventh state to ban the sale of fluorescent lightbulbs due to their mercury content, encouraging ...

Fluorescent lamps containing mercury are seen in this October 2023 file photo taken in Tokyo. (Mainichi) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's Cabinet on Tuesday approved a revision to a government ordinance ...