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Damaged CFLs Could Make Your Desk a Tanning Bed

Compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) use a fraction of the energy of incandescent bulbs, but a new study finds that minor damage makes their UV emissions dangerously high at close range.

Published August 7, 2012

Weaver, E. (2012, August 7). Damaged CFLs Could Make Your Desk a Tanning Bed. Retrieved from https://www.buildinggreen.com/news-analysis/damaged-cfls-could-make-your-desk-tanning-bed