The Malta Resources Authority is at present distributing energy-saving lamps to the people of Malta and Gozo free of charge. This is a positive scheme.
I would now greatly appreciate it if the hardworking Minister for Resources and Rural Affairs, George Pullicino, were to inform the public whether these lamps, as well as all the other similar ones on sale in most of our shops, pose any health hazard.
I am worried about this matter as Sky News, some time ago, reported that certain energy-saving lamps, that were at the time being sold in the UK, were harmful to persons who used them for more than two hours in every 24 hours because of radiation. Unfortunately, Sky News did not mention the brand of the lamps in question.