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<DIV>I don't read Investigate, but there is an <A
href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/4656248a11.html">article on the Stuff website</A>
regarding eco bulb safety.</DIV>
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<P><STRONG>"The Government's safety agency has warned the Fire Service
about the potential hazard of energy-saving lightbulbs, a memorandum to
firefighters reveals.</STRONG></P>
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<P>The memo, of which The Dominion Post has a copy, warns that compact
fluorescent lamps, or eco bulbs, are reported to be melting, blowing up and
blackening surrounding electrical equipment."</P></DIV>
<DIV>John Watson</DIV>
<DIV>St Bede's College<BR><BR>> Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:55:53 +1200<BR>>
From: "g.foster" <<A
href="mailto:g.foster@clear.net.nz">g.foster@clear.net.nz</A>><BR>>
Subject: Long life light bulbs<BR>> To: <A
href="mailto:Phys-teach-talk@nzip.org.nz">Phys-teach-talk@nzip.org.nz</A><BR>>
Message-ID: <<A
href="mailto:48a3bad9.1e2.20d9.28026@clear.net.nz">48a3bad9.1e2.20d9.28026@clear.net.nz</A>><BR>>
<BR>> In the recent Investigate magazine Ian Wishhart has an<BR>> article
re how DANGEROUS the new coiled light bulbs are. Has<BR>> anyone else read
it?? Any comments? <BR>> <BR>> If you would like a copy please email
me <A href="mailto:fs@eggs.school.nz">fs@eggs.school.nz</A><BR>>
<BR>> Graham Foster<BR>> <BR>> Graham Foster<BR>> Director of
Science, EGGS<BR>> AMI Learned Society<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>>
------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Message: 4<BR>> Date: Thu, 14
Aug 2008 18:59:23 +1200<BR>> From: Kerry Parker and Andy Price <<A
href="mailto:parkerprice@clear.net.nz">parkerprice@clear.net.nz</A>><BR>>
Subject: Re: Long life light bulbs<BR>> To: <A
href="mailto:g.foster@clear.net.nz">g.foster@clear.net.nz</A>, <A
href="mailto:Phys-teach-talk@nzip.org.nz">Phys-teach-talk@nzip.org.nz</A><BR>>
Message-ID: <<A
href="mailto:1416D1A702B84AFA99BD5ACF48D7BB98@study">1416D1A702B84AFA99BD5ACF48D7BB98@study</A>><BR>>
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reply-type=original<BR>> <BR>> Thanks Graham. The article looks like
an excellent example of unbalanced, <BR>> biased reporting, high on
SENSATIONALISM. Yes, the use of capitals is <BR>>
UNNCESCCESARY!!! It is good to question these things. It is sad that
the <BR>> word 'investigate' is associated with this type of
journalism. I belive <BR>> quite passionately that we should be
teaching our students to see through <BR>> scare-mongering flakey 'science'
and make reasoned decisions, as adults, <BR>> based consideration of a range
of evidence of varying validity. Whether it <BR>> is Moon hoaxes, the
oil companies supressing the water-powered car, cell <BR>> phones as
mind-control or food supplements , we all need to get things in <BR>>
proportion and make up our own minds.<BR>> Discussion of relative risk and
what might be deemed dangerous, or even <BR>> DANGEROUS, is also
valueable. The evidence that I have seen is that people, <BR>> with
Kiwis in particlar, being pretty poor at assessing relative risk.<BR>> Happy
debating<BR>> Kerry<BR>> <BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>