Check the light bulbs you have in your home if you live in this state — they may no longer be allowed under a new House bill ...

One of the nearly 300 new laws that took effect in Illinois New Year’s Day is a ban on compact fluorescent light bulbs.

Close your eyes and imagine the fluorescent lamp fixtures from your childhood. These lights most likely hummed, flickered, buzzed, and created harsh, unnatural light. If you stood under one of these ...

Hawaii has joined nine states in banning the sale of fluorescent light bulbs. The legislation took full effect Jan. 1, 2026, under the Hawaii Clean Lighting Standards Act, which passed in 2023. The ...

Like the incandescent bulb before it, the compact fluorescent (CFL) bulb is rapidly fading into obscurity as there are fewer and fewer reasons to use them over their LED successors. But there are ...

Mayfield-- Edward E. Hammer invented the compact fluorescent light bulb and more. The retired Nela Park scientist died July 16 at Kindred in Lyndhurst. He was 80. "Don't tell Ed Hammer he can't do ...

FORT WORTH (CBS 11 NEWS) - Everybody knows that one good way to prevent a sunburn is to stay inside where you're safe from the sun's ultraviolet rays, right? Well that may not be true if your home is ...

A study by the State University of New York at Stony Brook revealed that manufacturing flaws in some compact fluorescent bulbs can lead to potential UV exposure. Compact fluorescent bulbs, which have ...

Editor’s Note: This article is part of a series that examines the lessons behind the most disruptive products in history through the lens of design. Few products in recent history have been as ...

I get that we have to let incandescents go, but the chilly, shrill light of their replacements doesn’t compare. By Pamela Paul New efficiency rules, more than a decade in the making, have taken effect ...

A new study suggests that certain types of the energy-saving lightbulbs can become damaged and then may hurt skin cells The curlicue compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) oft touted as an Earth-friendly ...