: antonio.saro...@fer.hr
Subject: FW: Re: warning label overkill?
Well, it happenned to me earlier this year. We were still celebrating the
new year 1999, when a friend brought a bottle of champagne. As I reached to
open it (barely touched it), the cork (not really a cork but a plastic
version
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Subject: FW: Re: warning label overkill?
Hi Ron:
In the interest of safety, why place the onus on the consumer when he/she
had nothing to do with the design?
Ralph Cameron
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From: ron_du...@agilent.com
To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
[with various snips]
I was surprised to find this warning label...
CONTENTS UNDER PRESSURE. CAP MAY BLOW OFF
CAUSING EYE OR OTHER SERIOUS INJURY.
POINT AWAY FROM FACE AND PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY
WHILE OPENING.
But the physics of a screw-off soda bottle cap just doesn't
seem to have the same
Sean,
Serious question even though this involves a non-electrical product: at
what point do warning labels undermine themselves?
This is a good question. Unfortunately, it's very difficult to answer.
One of the biggest problems is that response to warning labels varies
greatly depending on
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Date: Monday, December 06, 1999 5:34 AM
Subject: re: Warning Label Overkill
[with various snips]
I was surprised to find this warning label...
CONTENTS UNDER PRESSURE. CAP MAY BLOW OFF
CAUSING EYE OR OTHER SERIOUS INJURY.
POINT AWAY FROM FACE
, 1999 5:37 AM
Subject: Re: warning label overkill?
Well, it happenned to me earlier this year. We were
still celebrating the
new year 1999, when a friend brought a bottle of
champagne. As I reached to
open it (barely touched it), the cork (not really a
cork but a plastic
version
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From: Antonio Sarolic antonio.saro...@fer.hr
To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Cc: Antonio antonio.saro...@fer.hr
List-Post: emc-pstc@listserv.ieee.org
Date: Sunday, December 05, 1999 5:37 AM
Subject: Re: warning label overkill?
Well, it happenned to me earlier
: warning label overkill?
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
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