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Först tar dom bort svart hardware genom RoHS. Och nu vill dom förbjuda
GITARRSTRÄNGAR pga cancer risk? WTF? Inte för att jag tror att det kommer
gå igenom, men vafan. Gitarrsträngar?
"Strings could cause death and cancer?" varningar på paketen eller?
"GUITAR STRING MANUFACTURERS ARE UP IN ARMS over a legal complaint filed in California
that claims that every type of metal instrument string poses a dire health risk and
could cause cancer to players. The 21 string companies named dismiss the complaint
as frivolous and without merit, and have agreed to fight it.
How a product as innocuous as a guitar string came be viewed as a serious public
danger dates back to 1986. That year, the voters of California passed Proposition 65,
the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement act, which made it a crime to knowingly
use or discharge any chemicals the State deemed either toxic or carcinogenic.
Each year, the Governor's office issues a list of dangerous chemicals. Companies have
a 20-month period from the time a new chemical is added to the list to either find an
alternative, place a consumer warning on the product, or face stiff fines or even imprisonment.
Officials with the California Health and Safety Code and state and municipal legal
officers get to review the complaint for a 60-day period. If they decide against pursuing
it, Hall is free to file a civil suit against the string makers. Penalties for violating
Proposition 65 are potentially large. The bill imposes a $2,500 daily fine for every violation.
If guitar string manufacturer were found guilty, they could conceivably be hit with a $20 million fine."
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