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Signatures | Total: 344

 

# NameComments
1 Michele Fierro
2 Adam HillIt is wrong to ban a perfectly safe and reliable technology without further research and development to make it better.
3 Christy BalteraI am a migraine sufferer myself. Although I have been using a CFL in my home desk lamp for several months and have not had a problem, I understand the torture of being forced to endure migraines because I could not avoid something that triggers my own episodes. Please consider the risks to the health and well-being of everyone, not just the non-migraineur population of the United States.
4 Jenn BrownI believe in being green, but not at the cost of my health. CFLs make me physically ill.
5 Nicole PellegriniPlease take the time to consider the negative health risks to migraine sufferers due to CLFs. It is an important issue to many of us. Thank you.
6 H. L. Thatcher
7 Christine Jones
8 Monica Cohen
9 Megan OltmanPlease help the 36,000,000 of us Americans with Migraine disease to be able to participate fully in public life. Do not mandate a technology which harms us without studying the impact and developing alternatives .
10 AnonymousLuckily I work from home, but I've been in retail stores where flickering CFL's have immediately triggered a migraine. I avoid all triggers as much as possible, but with this bill it will make it impossible to avoid a trigger.
11 Mary FierroUnintentionally, CFL's cause significant pain to many people, some of whom might not even realize that it's a CFL triggering their headache. Also, we need to encourage many avenues of energy-efficient R&D, not limit by specifying only one solution or by banning another.
12 Eileen GrayThis is so important for our health!
13 Ann Marino
14 Shawn
15 Jami Ziebarth
16 KatrinaAs a migraine sufferer, this issue is important to me!
17 Anonymous
18 Jennifer KinneyI'm grateful to find there's a petition for this. I've been in a state of grief since I heard about the original bill. These light bulbs are a huge migraine trigger for me (I can't even work with lights on in my own office). Amending this would be extremely helpful to me.
19 Janet GeddisI'm so proud of all your work, Diana & company! Thanks so much for creating this petition!!!
20 Anonymous
21 Brad McKenna
22 Brad McKenna
23 Anonymous
24 Anonymous
25 Sara
26 Andrew MengwasserThis is a concern not only to migrane suffers, but to other people who are negatively affected by flourescent bulbs. There are concerns over the flicker and blue-green spectrum that flourescent bulbs emit. While I certainly support environmental initiatives, I do not want the government to outlaw the use of incandescent bulbs. I have replaced most of the bulbs in my house with CFL's (especially the ones which remain on for long periods of time), but I find them unacceptable for use in certain areas such as bathroom, bedroom, reading room, or night-light.
27 Anne Fink
28 Anonymous
29 Julianne Geddis
30 Katie KellerI used to work at Kmart and frequently got migranes whenever I was in the store for more than a 1/2 hour.
31 Katie Bell
32 AnonymousAs always, in a democracy, the rights of the minority should be protected. Certainly a private individual should have his/her choice as to light source.
33 Bonnie CramondI am an avowed environmentalist, but I believe that we should investigate all ramifications of this move before we leap into it. There are other alternative light sources that should be considered.
34 Helen Kruskamp
35 Edwyna AreyCFLs also contain toxic mercury. Although not an amount that classifies a single broken bulb as hazardous material, this should also be considered as a concern.
36 Dorothy MichalskiMy niece suffers greatly from migraines, as does her boyfriend. I support this petition fully and unquestioningly.
37 Adam Savage
38 Anonymous
39 Katherine Partington
40 April Clift
41 laryssa Link
42 Vanessa Seamon
43 Rachel McDonald
44 Anonymous
45 Debra James
46 Lia Araujo
47 Anonymous
48 Amy SalleyWhile I am an ardent environmentalist, I cannot support a bill that makes no provisions for those who would be negatively affected. An extremely close friend of mine has to wear sunglasses and hats when in places with fluorescent bulbs...I don't want that to become her constant uniform. Please consider all Americans in the implementation of th energy plan.
49 jessica wierzchowski
50 AnonymousMy husband is an environmental scientist. Therefore, I am more conscious of the various harms being done to the earth than many people who have only just "jumped on the bandwagon" about our planet's finite resources. However, my daughter and many others (sometimes even I) react adversely to fluorescent light. She suffers from chronic migraine disease, and the fluorescent lights trigger a headache almost immediately. Please sign this petition. And please continue to protect our precious planet in other ways! Thank you. Mary Carol Geddis

 

Signatures | Total: 344