While I take your point - I'll challenge with the equally valid
argument that says show me the data that they do cause SIDS! What is worse
never producing anything while checking an infinite set of possibilities or
eventually discovering an unforeseen event? In the US it can take 7 to 10 years
to research and approve all the issues around a new airport runway for example.
The whole Konsai airport and the land it is sitting on in Japan took less time
to construct than that. (Of course it is sinking - mind you.)
There is some discussion that magnetic fields may be harmful (I'm not
taking a side either way) so you might want to consider that around infants
etc, but I don't think a study of gravity waves effects on cameras and infants
is appropriate before releasing a product. The risk is there that at a latter
date evidence may start to become available that suggests a link. That is the
point when it becomes important to re-evaluate the hazards.
Stretching the point a tad.
I remember from an old product liability seminar a comment that said
European Tort law had a provision that basically said if no-one (interesting
little term) knew a hazard existed, the first use of asbestos comes to mind,
then the manufacturer couldn't be held liable. The situation changes once it
became known that it was a hazard and manufacturers continued to use it. Don't
know if this still exists but it should. Others in this thread have suggested
litigious creep into Europe from the US and I sadly suspect (again no proof)
that it is likely. Many things we do very well - some of the things we do, we
do less well.
Gary
-----Original Message-----
From: John Woodgate [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 7:35 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: EMC-related safety issues
I read in !emc-pstc that Gary McInturff <Gary.McInturff@worldwidepackets
.com> wrote (in <[email protected]
>) about 'EMC-related safety issues', on Wed, 2 Jan 2002:
> Cameras don't cause disease likes SIDS.
Please post your proof! That is the attitude of some (too many) safety
experts these days.
--
Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk
After swimming across the Hellespont, I felt like a Hero.
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