I agree. I question the warning on champagne bottles. I mean anybody that reaches legal drinking age knows a champagne cork can become a projectile.
This is a prime example of shifting the responsibility from the responsible person to the manufacturer. Ron Duffy Product Safety Engineer Aiglent Technologies -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, 02 December, 1999 14:14 To: [email protected] Subject: FW: warning label overkill? Serious question even though this involves a non-electrical product: at what point do warning labels undermine themselves? I was surprised to find this warning label on a 20 oz bottle of Dr. Pepper. It seems to be unique to that brand -- Coke, Pepsi and whatnot don't seem to carry it. ! WARNING (exclamation point is inside a triangle) CONTENTS UNDER PRESSURE. CAP MAY BLOW OFF CAUSING EYE OR OTHER SERIOUS INJURY. POINT AWAY FROM FACE AND PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY WHILE OPENING. It didn't seem to be any more carbonated than the Cokes I usually buy. I can see the point of such labels on Champaign with the corks that often become projectiles. But the physics of a screw-off soda bottle cap just doesn't seem to have the same ballistic potential. (I know, I know, the GC made them do it. But still.) -- Sean Oberle Vice President of New Products Washington Business Information, Inc. 1117 N 19th St, Ste 200, Arlington, VA 22209 Voice: 703/247-3429; Fax: 703/247-3421 --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected] (the list administrators). --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected] (the list administrators).
