Luis Nadeau (nadeaul@nbnet.nb.ca)
Sun, 14 Feb 1999 21:08:47 -0400
At 5:17 PM -0500 99/2/14, Sil Horwitz wrote:
>At 01:11 PM 1999/02/14 -0800, Hal Faulkner wrote:
...
>>But, please check with your local/state authorities about the disposal of
>>these materials. At the very least, contact the Occupational Health and
>>Safety officer at a nearby university. S/he should be able to point you in
>>the direction of the information you need to have in order to be a safe and
>>good neighbor.
>
>Not that I want to ignore any laws, but unless you are doing something
>really dangerous in a large commercial environment, I recommend you don't
>contact the authorities. Most of them read the same material you do, but
>find a different meaning, and you will usually be warned about using any of
>our materials. Sulfites are next to chlorides as far as being inoffensive
>is concerned, but you have persons who are not knowledgeable look up sodium
>chloride (table salt), find out it's a combination of lye and hydrochloric
>acid, and that will frighten them!
---We've been through this before and again I'll support Sil on this (and pretty well anything else for that matter). Yes you should respect all laws but you should learn about what you are doing before you wave a red flag in front of a bull that knows less than you do and who has to justify his $65,000/year job;-)
Otherwise don't be surprised to see a half-dozen officials knocking at your door at 3:00 AM, dressed in moon suits, with papers in their hands...
Luis Nadeau NADEAUL@NBNET.NB.CA Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada http://www3.nbnet.nb.ca/nadeaul/
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