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Article: Bulbs flick scare switch.(News)
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- Sunday Tribune (South Africa)
- Article date:
- January 6, 2008
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BYLINE: CHRIS MAKHAYE
AS Eskom embarks on a national campaign to replace old-style incandescent light bulbs with fluorescent energy-savers, there is a growing concern that the new bulbs may trigger or exacerbate illness, such as epilepsy.
But Eskom said research had revealed the new bulbs were safe and it was going ahead with the roll-out plan to replace the old bulbs countrywide.
Eskom spokeswoman Nto Rikhotso said KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape had been prioritised in 2006 and 2007 and the rest of the country would have replacement bulbs by the end of next year.
But in Britain, civil society organisations and health charities ...