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noosphr 6 hours ago

I have incandescent light bulbs at home I have to pretty much smuggle from China. It's amazing how we're replaying the asbestos playbook a century later. Only this time it's government mandated.

rrr_oh_man 4 hours ago | parent [-]

> It's amazing how we're replaying the asbestos playbook a century later

Can you elaborate?

noosphr 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Asbestos was pushed as a magical solution to problems of fire in homes without paying attention to the health effects. It took 80 years for the obvious to become law.

Leds are pushed as a solution to energy consumption by humans without paying any attention to the health effects. Hopefully it will be less than 80 years of cancers and metabolic disruption before the obvious is done.

But this time the regulation was captured pre-emptively, to the point that following best scientific advice for your health is illegal is most of the developed world.

sb057 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

There's a mostly-unsubstantiated-by-data belief that LED lighting can cause health problems by some combination of flickering and narrow color spectrum.

noosphr 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I guess you know better than the scientist studying it: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004896972...

NotGMan 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

There's a mostly-unsubstantiated-by-data belief that LED lighting can NOT cause health problems by some combination of flickering and narrow color spectrum.

AshamedCaptain an hour ago | parent [-]

Do you have evidence that this rock doesn't keep tigers away?

wincy 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I’m guessing the Russian theory that asbestos is totally fine and isn’t harmful? The Russians still use asbestos and say it’s a plot by the west that we got rid of asbestos in our buildings. (Don’t shoot the messenger here, I have no dog in this fight and am not expressing an opinion)

orbital-decay 3 hours ago | parent [-]

You are expressing disinformation. The actual regulations are very different from what you make it seem.