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Interesting that you are posting this today. I just received an accessory kit for a digital camera that included a desktop AC power supply. In the box was a warning label that stated; "For users in the State of California, U.S.A. Apply the following sticked to the cord as shown below." The warning label has the following; "WARNING: Handling the cord on this product will expose you to lead, a chemical known to the State of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm. WASH HANDS AFTER HANDLING." Dave Clement > > From: "Chris Maxwell" <[email protected]> > Date: 2004/06/01 Tue AM 09:17:56 EDT > To: "EMC-PSTC" <[email protected]> > Subject: Lead in Line Cords > > http://www.ieee-pses.org/symposium > http://www.emc2004.org/ > -------------------------------------------------- > > Hello group, > > A vendor has quoted us some Euro and UK line cords and is ready to ship. > However, before they ship us the line cords; they sent a statement to > our purchasing guy. The statement reads: > > "CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 65 NOTICE: The surface contact layer of this > electrical wire/cord contains lead in excess of 300 parts per million > and may therefore be subject to certain additional requirements pursuant > to a court-ordered Consent Judgement entered in Mateel v. Sprint et al > (San Francisco Superior Court Nos. 312962 and 320342). California > Employers should ensure that their employees are informed that this > PVC-coated electrical wire and cord contains a chemical known to the > state of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm." > > So what the heck am I supposed to do with this???? > > I'm trying to put this into a category such as: > > a. All line cords have lead in them, including the ones that we're > already buying and this is just one of those anal retentive warnings > that the vendor had to send us to make some lawyer happy. We should > just read the warning and take note of it while we conduct business as > usual. > > b. Not all line cords have lead in them; and we should just exclude > this vendor and stick with who we have. > > c. All line cords have lead in them and we should start putting some > warnings in all of our equipment manuals to the effect that: "The user > should not rub his/her tongue all over the test equipment and/or its > line cords because doing so for more than 10 hours straight may subject > you to enough Lead to poison an averaged size amoeba" > > > As you can see. I'm oonfused enough to be sarcastic. Any suggestions > from the group? > > Chris Maxwell > Nettest > Utica NY 13502 > 315-266-5128 > > ------------------------------------------- > > This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society > emc-pstc discussion list. > > IEEE PSES Main Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ > > To post a message send your e-mail to [email protected] > > Instructions for use of the list server: > > http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html > > List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > > Ron Pickard: [email protected] > Dave Heald: [email protected] > > For policy questions, send mail to: > > Richard Nute: [email protected] > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > > http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc > This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. IEEE PSES Main Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions for use of the list server: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
