Thanks Nancy,
This is a great heads up to fluorescent bulbs, which are a big trigger for me and others. Just to add, I know in California, that when building of new houses that it is required by building code to put a certain amount of fluorescent lights (depending on square footage) in bathrooms and kitchen for energy effeciency (we own a construction company). It will be interesting to see if they can come up with an environmently friendly yet more efficient light bulb that does not contain Mercury. Thanks again
Dar
I never thought too much about lights until we bought our last house. There were three flourscent lights in the kitchen. One was above the sink where I always did dishes, one above the taqble, and one to light up what the other two didn't! I kept getting headaches in the kitchen! When I turned off the lights one by one it was better. However it took a year to discover that the culpret was the lights! 
My husbands friend told us about these lights! He changed two of the three to regular lights-no more headaches! Thank God!
I'll keep you posted.
Several years ago I began to be concerned about the mercury in these new CFL's. These are very dangerous to just about everything. Talk about a plume of mercury from land fills and you see where this can end up. And I mean IN YOU. However, I am now starting to hear that there are new types of lamps that use light emitting diodes. They are similar to what the "new" flash lights have in them. I've not seen any on store shelves, but are supposed to be very long lasting, very bright, can come in colors and have no mercury. Where can I get these new light bulbs?
Regards, Chuck
Chuck, you are correct that LED light bulbs that fit normal household fixtures are now available. I'm not sure of any stores that sell them, but if you search for "LED light bulbs" on Google or another search engine, a lot of different websites come up.
Hope this helps!
-MJ
Thanks very much for the info. I'm sure that this will be a hot topic for "green people" as well as for our needs and concerns.
Chuck