A lamp breaking is extremely unlikely to have any adverse effects on your health. However, if a lamp breaks, you should ventilate the room for 30 minutes before removing the parts (preferably with gloves on). The parts should be taken for recycling at your local waste facility.

Fluorescent tubes Osram Lumilux T8 have very good luminosity and color rendering properties. This series of high-performance fluorescent tubes has an average life of 20,000 hours when used with electronic HF control gear. Lumilux T8 is ideal for applications such as public buildings, offices, restaurants, industry, shops, hotels, supermarkets, department stores, and for street lighting with suitable outdoor luminaires.

Benefits include proven lamp technology, high economy thanks to high efficiency, 90% retention of luminous power over the life of the lamp, good color rendering, dimmable features, and high-quality three-band phosphor.

Typical applications include office lighting, shops, supermarkets, and factories. Lumilux T8 lamps can be used in some outdoor applications, but this is dependent on the luminaire being used.