Re: Flourescent lights...

[Guest guest]

> What is up w/ flourescent lights; I thought I read somewhere that

they

> contain mercury... Am I loosing it

I've read the same thing.

> We were at a holiday party yesterday and one of my kids was fixated

w/ the

> big flourscent light in the ceiling... He went from being very

connected to

> really out there... Lying on the floor and staring at it w/ in an

hour of

> exposure to the light.

some florescent lights make me very unhappy/tired. it is

visually stressful, my eyes get tired, then I get crabby.

for me, they are not all the same. some are " okay " .

others are " somewhat irritating " . others are " horrible " .

> Is it all flourscent lights or just the older ones...

I think they all have mercury. I use some in my house,

and I happened to call the company I buy them from

yesterday to ask if I should take the burned-out ones

to hazardous waste. They said I can put them in the

trash.

> This was an

old

> building... We have newer ones in our basement where he does his

programming

> and we don't see the same affect.

my guess is that it is more from the lighting issues than from

the mercury, but I don't know.

best wishes,

Moria

[Guest guest]

Sue maybe this had a way of flickering not noticed by you but to him was

quite stimulating. Also some older ones do be with a humming noise that can

be to dance with the flickering too. Just my thinking on this. I to also add

that some lights to contain led such as in the teen shops the lights with

electricity shooting through them and such they contain lead and can be to

be dangerous to let children touch and play with them. I to not be to know

this until one day I to be to get such touching one and the store clerk told

me to make sure to wash my hands very good afterwards because it has lead

that seeps out onto he glass? Well I to quickly not be to touch it anymore

and to left the store to wash hands. Thinking this to be odd that this is

known and sold to children mostly teens but I to imagine many with autism

have one as a sensory play?

Sondra

[Guest guest]

Yes, they do contain mercury and should be disposed of at toxic waste

collection sites. They " cycle " and can trigger seizures in some. Real problem

if they break. Do NOT vacuum, it just scatters the mercury. Unfortunately,

most schools and businesses use them and utility companies keep pushing compact

fluorescents on residential customers. S

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[Guest guest]

Anyone have more info on these lights? My ds has been very excited by

lights his entire life. He has quite a collection, and just got

an 'electro storm ball' for Chrismtas. That's the one with the

electicity shooting through it when you touch it. He was quite

fascinated it with it, but thankfully not obsessed. I have told him

to wash his hands now after playing with it, but I wonder if we

should just get rid of it....

--- In , " Sondra " <hfa2@c...>

wrote:

I to also add

> that some lights to contain led such as in the teen shops the

lights with

> electricity shooting through them and such they contain lead and

can be to

> be dangerous to let children touch and play with them. I to not be

to know

> this until one day I to be to get such touching one and the store

clerk told

> me to make sure to wash my hands very good afterwards because it

has lead

> that seeps out onto he glass? Well I to quickly not be to touch it

anymore

> and to left the store to wash hands. Thinking this to be odd that

this is

> known and sold to children mostly teens but I to imagine many with

autism

> have one as a sensory play?

> Sondra

[Guest guest]

I would be to not let him to touch it at all lead can be a much dangerous

metal and can cause permanent mental retardations if the levels build high

enough, many with autism tend to build up the metals and do not seem to push

them through the body as typicals do. They to just get blocked in us. I to

not want the risk of my children to be to get toxic from another metal.

Especially when I to know its source.

Sondra

[Guest guest]

Flourescent lights were a first source of problems for our son as an

infant. We thought he had a problem with this type of lighting,

possibly a sensitivity. Later he was dx as blind.

Interesting thread to read.

m.l.

> What is up w/ flourescent lights; I thought I read somewhere that

they

> contain mercury... Am I loosing it

>

> We were at a holiday party yesterday and one of my kids was

fixated w/ the

> big flourscent light in the ceiling... He went from being very

connected to

> really out there... Lying on the floor and staring at it w/ in an

hour of

> exposure to the light.

>

> Is it all flourscent lights or just the older ones... This was an

old

> building... We have newer ones in our basement where he does his

programming

> and we don't see the same affect.

>

> Sue

[Guest guest]

I have read that autistics can sometimes see the flickering of light

that flourescents have. Perhaps he was zoning on the flickering?

Kinda like watching a lava lamp?

Debi

> >

> > We were at a holiday party yesterday and one of my kids was

> fixated w/ the

> > big flourscent light in the ceiling... He went from being very

> connected to

> > really out there... Lying on the floor and staring at it w/ in an

> hour of

> > exposure to the light.

> >

> > Is it all flourscent lights or just the older ones... This was an

> old

> > building... We have newer ones in our basement where he does his

> programming

> > and we don't see the same affect.

> >

> > Sue