One of the nearly 300 new laws that took effect in Illinois on New Year’s Day is a ban on compact fluorescent light bulbs.

Fluorescent lighting was once highly sought-after, but we know now that the risks outweigh the benefits, which is why one ...

Q. The price of compact fluorescent bulbs has come down and I am ready to try them. Do they really save as much as is advertised? Which ones provide the best light quality and how do I dispose of old ...

Close your eyes and imagine the fluorescent lamp fixtures from your childhood. These lights most likely hummed, flickered, buzzed, and created harsh, unnatural light. If you stood under one of these ...

I get that we have to let incandescents go, but the chilly, shrill light of their replacements doesn’t compare. By Pamela Paul New efficiency rules, more than a decade in the making, have taken effect ...

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- With sales of pricy compact fluorescent bulbs slowed to a stop by the recession, the lighting industry is sharpening its focus on light emitting diodes in the hope this ...

Once broken, a compact fluorescent light bulb continuously releases mercury vapor into the air for weeks to months, and the total amount can exceed safe human exposure levels in a poorly ventilated ...

Mercury, our old nemesis,rears its ugly head again: does the average homeowner realize that the recommended Compact Fluorescent Lights (CFL's) contain mercury? Mentioned in passing in Readers Digest ...

Light bulbs are so '70s -- and that's the 1870s, considering that incandescent lighting hasn't changed much since Thomas Edison's day. If you've managed to ignore all the official recommendations that ...

Money may make the world go round, but electricity makes it fun . Without electricity, it’s safe to say, I would not be writing this right now. Instead, I’d be perched on a soap box in the middle of ...

threat to health and the environment than previously thought. The story details how when one consumer broke a CFL in her home, she was referred to a mercury cleanup company that wanted to charge ...