Thanks for posting this! I signed the petition when I was at the
Irlen clinic, but wasn't sure what others could do to help. I will
do my best to get some signatures, and at the very least, will email
a letter to the address provided.


Valerie

--- In glimmercoloredfilterglasses@yahoogroups.com, hopefordyslexia
<no_reply@...> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
> I just received two urgent letters from Helen Irlen.
> There is a world-wide effort to ban the use of the incandescent
> light bulb, effectively forcing everyone to switch to fluorescent
> lighting - which would be disasterous results for those of us who
> cannot tolerate fluouescent lighting well.
> Helen Irlen is working to keep our lighting choice options
open.
> She will be attending government meetings. She urgently needs our
> help. Please take the time to make a simple petition and gather
as
> many signatures before this Thursday and email them to Helen and
the
> legislators listed below.
> Please help, even if you are not from California because this is
a
> world-wide trend that needs to be stopped and we all need to work
> together.
> Robin
>
> Here are copies of both of Helen's letters.
>
> Greetings,
>
> Some of you may have already received this information; if you
have
> already taken action, just delete. This bill will affect many of
us
> who want the freedom to choose alternative lighting sources. The
> window of opportunity to stop this bill is closing rapidly. There
> will be two committee sessions held on May 4 and May 9. If you
want
> to take action, do so immediately.
>
> Do what you can.
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Helen Irlen
>
> Your Action is Urgently Needed
>
> Houston , We Have a Problem!
>
> The California legislature is considering a bill (AB 722) which
will
>
> prohibit the sale of general service incandescent lamps and
halogen
> lights in the state after January 1, 2012. The Assembly Committee
> who is considering this bill is asking for and welcomes the public
> to comment.
>
> Communicate your message by sending an email to all of the
committee
> members. But you must do this before May 9. Their names and email
> addresses are listed below:
>
> Committee Members
>
> Mark Leno - Chair 916-319-2013
> Assemblymember.leno@...
>
> Mimi Walters - Vice Chair 916-319-2073
> Assemblymember.walters@...
>
> Anna Caballero 916-319-2028
> Assemblymember.Caballero@...
>
> Mike Davis 916-319-2048
> Assemblymember.Davis@...
>
> Mark DeSaulnier 916-319-2011
> Assemblymember.DeSaulnier@...
>
> Bill Emmerson 916-319-2063
> Assemblymember.emmerson@...
>
> Jared Huffman 916-319-2006
> Assemblymember.Huffman@...
>
> Betty Karnette 916-319-2054
> Assemblymember.Karnette@...
>
> Paul Krekorian 916-319-2043
> Assemblymember.Krekorian@...
>
> Doug La Malfa 916-319-2002
> Assemblymember.lamalfa@...
>
> Ted Lieu 916-319-2053
> Assemblymember.Lieu@...
>
> Fiona Ma 916-319-2012
> Assemblymember.Ma@...
>
> Alan Nakaniski 916-319-2010
> Assemblymember.nakaniski@...
>
> Pedro Nava 916-319-2035
> Assemblymember.nava@...
>
> Sharon Runner 916-319-2036
> Assemblymember.Runner@...
>
> Jose Solorio 916-319-2069
> Assemblymember.solorio@...
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> IrlenClients: Banning of Incandescent Lighting Petitions
>
> I plan to attend on May 9 the government committee hearing in
> Sacramento on AB 722 – Banning of Incandescent Lighting.
Therefore,
> please send me all petitions you have at this time (even if there
> are just one or two signatures on the petition) so I can take them
> with me to the hearing. I need to receive them no later than May
8.
>
> Also, please continue to collect signatures on the petition –
thank
> you.
>
> Helen
>
> Helen L. Irlen, MA, LMFT
>
> Executive Director
>
> Irlen Institute International Headquarters
>
> www.irlen.com
>
> Reading by the Colors
>
> A Piece of the Puzzle
>
>
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>
> Here is a simple sample petition that I created.
> If you have anything to add, please post it here in the group.
> Thanks.
> Robin
>
>
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>
> Petition in Support of Incandescent Lighting
> Facts:
> 1. Fluorescent lamps contain toxic materials such as mercury,
> cadmium and lead and are so hazardous to the environment that they
> may not be disposed of in the trash.
> California (Title 22, division 4.5, chapter 11, section 66261.50)
>
> 2. Many people cannot tolerate or function well under fluorescent
> lighting. Fluorescent lighting is known to cause headaches,
> eyestrain, eye irritation, vision disturbances, fatigue,
difficulty
> in concentration, increased rate of `misjudgments' and accidents,
> malaise, irritability, ADD, ADHD, Lupus, epileptic seizures and
even
> life threatening reactions such as anaphylactic shock.
>
> We, the undersigned, therefore respectfully request that there be
no
> ban on the manufacturing, sale or use of the incandescent bulb.
>
> _______________________________________
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> Helen L. Irlen, MA, LMFT
>
>
>
> Executive Director
>
>
>
> Irlen Institute International Headquarters
>
>
>
> <http://www.irlen.com> www.irlen.com
>
>
>
> Reading by the Colors: A Piece of the Puzzle
>