I don't object to this statement. Way to many ties do companies withdraw
products because they are afraid of or already have legal action against them.
Many times people get hurt because they don't follow instructions but they
still sue. GE have had many products over the year that have been pulled back
for sometimes know, many times unknown reasons.
To mention one, GEVAC, some type of plastic used to seal small leaks in vacuum
systems. Useful to vacuum well below 10e-10 torr. It just disappeared and their
sales man had no idea why except it might have hurt somebody somewhere or did
not comply to the environmental requirements in California.
The statement "This product contains material that may cause cancer in
laboratory animals in California" is very common and have frequently been joked
with. A common joke is;" You better not use it in California then".
It is sad that so many products can't be use or even manufactured due to the
impact they have when misused. For example, some time ago it was possible to
get very efficient pesticides provided you have the licence and the right
knowledge how to use them, but that's no loner the case as there were examples
of misuse. The same thing with other products especially various for of
plastics.
I don't object to the removal of dangerous products but when I see examples of
products there the danger is misuse and not good replacement available I get
annoyed.
Hans - N2JFS
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
To: towertalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Sat, Mar 19, 2016 4:16 pm
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Protecting Aluminum Antennas
On Sat,3/19/2016 12:57 PM, EZ Rhino wrote:
> It was probably banned because it caused cancer in laboratory rats in
> California.
On what basis do you say that? That sounds like uninformed propaganda
to me. And are you saying that stuff that causes cancer is OK? Is it OK
to put lead and mercury in places where humans can injest it?
My wife and I are both scientists, she in the area of human biology and
me an EE. I DO believe in science and the scientific method, and I do
NOT repeat uninformed gossip.
73, Jim K9YC
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