In message <[email protected]>, dated Fri, 31 Jul 2009, Bryce Stammerjohan <[email protected]> writes:
>Found on the back of my infant son's all plastic Winnie The Pooh book: >"No part of this book is meant to be ingested". Wheww, that was a >close one! > >Assuming that someone would actually be saved from feeding this book to >their child, what are the odds that they know what "ingested" means? Wasn't it written in 19 languages? In connection with the highly controversial 'candle flame ignition' test, I bought some tea-lights from the local supermarket. The label carries nineteen safety symbols, of which I understand just two, and I'm rather 'into' safety symbols, after all! I don't see one that tells me not put a tea-light on top of a TV set, which is the cause of fires (not very many at all), but which the pathetic Technical Specification doesn't address at all. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk Things can always get better. But that's not the only option. John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
