LED Lighting Solutions are Mercury Free ~ Best For Your Health

One of the many benefits of LED lighting is that they do not use mercury in their construction.  But what does that mean for consumers?  Mercury is a known neuro-toxicant.  It stunts neurological development and impacts the cardiovascular system.  An alternative to LED lighting called the Compact Fluorescent Lamp claims to have less mercury than incandescent bulbs, measured at around 5 mg per CFL.

Additionally, because of this mercury risk, CFL’s have to be disposed of a certain way.  Why risk the chance of using a lighting solution with heavy metal?  With LED lighting, there are no worries with heavy metal pollution and no need to dispose of them in a special manner.  Using LED lights not only lessens your health risk, but it also lessens the risk of harming the environment.
 
If you’re looking for a refined lighting solution, then LED bulbs are the way to go.  They do not employ any mercury in their constructions.  They also emit less greenhouse gases that either bulbs or CFLs due to a number of reasons:

• The mercury released by CFL’s is 5.01 milligrams and that by bulbs stands at 4.56 milligrams over 6000 hours of operations. LED bulbs produce a minuscule 0.6318 milligrams of mercury in this time frame. This is 7 times less than either CFL’s or bulbs.

• They use around a seventh of the electricity used by incandescent bulbs and half that of CFL’s.

• There are no greenhouse gas emissions of reverse logistics as will happen in the case of CFL’s.

• They last for almost a decade compared to a year or less for bulbs and 2 years for CFL’s– the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the transport of LED's is obviously less than that for either of those lighting devices.

All of New Tek Partners LED lighting solutions are mercury-free.  They are safe for use outdoors or in your home or office.  New Tek’s LED lights are also 100% recyclable and come with a minimum three year warranty.  If saving electricity and cutting down mercury emissions is part of your plan, then look to New Tek Partners to provide you with the proper lighting solutions.

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