Comments on: Cancer warning labels on products: A cause for concern? http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/28/cancer-warning-labels-on-products-a-cause-for-concern/ Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:13:33 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Steve Jones http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/28/cancer-warning-labels-on-products-a-cause-for-concern/#comment-7642 Steve Jones Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:20:40 +0000 http://cnnpagingdrgupta.wordpress.com/?p=322#comment-7642 You are right you shouldn't buy products with this warning label...but the warning label was in manual which was sealed in a plastic bag inside the box! Maybe if they put it on the outside like a pack of cigarettes but when they put in the back of the manual right after the Japanese section how am I suppose to see it before I buy it? Am I really going to go through the trouble of returning this product now? What a pointless thing! Now I don't like the idea of using this keyboard and my desire to study is really diminished. You are right you shouldn't buy products with this warning label...but the warning label was in manual which was sealed in a plastic bag inside the box! Maybe if they put it on the outside like a pack of cigarettes but when they put in the back of the manual right after the Japanese section how am I suppose to see it before I buy it? Am I really going to go through the trouble of returning this product now? What a pointless thing! Now I don't like the idea of using this keyboard and my desire to study is really diminished.

]]> By: Jeramie http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/28/cancer-warning-labels-on-products-a-cause-for-concern/#comment-5209 Jeramie Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:19:40 +0000 http://cnnpagingdrgupta.wordpress.com/?p=322#comment-5209 But the article brought out the main drawback - out of fear of litigation, every company will put the sticker on every item, regardless of whether it contains lead or not, simply to cover their bases. We're reaching a point where every item on the market will have a generic, overly broad warning that it might in some way cause harm. Anyone using a computer right now has toxic heavy metals right next to them. To say "I refuse to buy these items for my health" might as well throw their computer, car, TV, cell phone, etc out right now. This is nothing new in our lives. But the article brought out the main drawback – out of fear of litigation, every company will put the sticker on every item, regardless of whether it contains lead or not, simply to cover their bases. We're reaching a point where every item on the market will have a generic, overly broad warning that it might in some way cause harm.

Anyone using a computer right now has toxic heavy metals right next to them. To say "I refuse to buy these items for my health" might as well throw their computer, car, TV, cell phone, etc out right now. This is nothing new in our lives.

]]> By: Jagad Guru fan http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/28/cancer-warning-labels-on-products-a-cause-for-concern/#comment-5123 Jagad Guru fan Sun, 02 Nov 2008 02:46:40 +0000 http://cnnpagingdrgupta.wordpress.com/?p=322#comment-5123 I agree with John on this one. It is becoming more difficult to say what is really dangerous and what is not. Despite that, I appreciate labels of the sort that are definitely more honest than say- the mobile phone retailers who are quick to declare that mobile phone or wifi radiation is completely safe. I agree with John on this one. It is becoming more difficult to say what is really dangerous and what is not. Despite that, I appreciate labels of the sort that are definitely more honest than say- the mobile phone retailers who are quick to declare that mobile phone or wifi radiation is completely safe.

]]> By: Sandra Ihrig http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/28/cancer-warning-labels-on-products-a-cause-for-concern/#comment-5112 Sandra Ihrig Sat, 01 Nov 2008 18:31:45 +0000 http://cnnpagingdrgupta.wordpress.com/?p=322#comment-5112 Lead in anything is a bad thing. My family was poisoned by lead in our drinking water. It came from plumbing materials used to deliver the drinking water. It was a nightmare trying to identify what was causing our symptoms. The most vulinerable population are children who have developing brains and the fetus who can't expel the lead once exposed. Lead in anything is a bad thing. My family was poisoned by lead in our drinking water. It came from plumbing materials used to deliver the drinking water. It was a nightmare trying to identify what was causing our symptoms. The most vulinerable population are children who have developing brains and the fetus who can't expel the lead once exposed.

]]> By: Rob http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/28/cancer-warning-labels-on-products-a-cause-for-concern/#comment-4416 Rob Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:09:05 +0000 http://cnnpagingdrgupta.wordpress.com/?p=322#comment-4416 Just to clear up a point on some of the earlier posts -- the lead in pencils was in the yellow paint on the outside, not in the graphite. Just to clear up a point on some of the earlier posts - the lead in pencils was in the yellow paint on the outside, not in the graphite.

]]> By: David http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/28/cancer-warning-labels-on-products-a-cause-for-concern/#comment-4413 David Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:59:48 +0000 http://cnnpagingdrgupta.wordpress.com/?p=322#comment-4413 I understand the need for the warning labels on products, but there has to be a better measuring stick than the "more than one excess case of cancer out of 100,000 people over a period of 70 years". That is beyond extreme and just plain silly. Given what has been described in the article, I'm surprised we don't see that sticker on EVERY single item sold. California had a good intent in writing that law, but they went beyond sane. Overkill like this will cause those warning stickers to be useless as no one will bother to read/care about them since they will be ubiquitous. I understand the need for the warning labels on products, but there has to be a better measuring stick than the "more than one excess case of cancer out of 100,000 people over a period of 70 years". That is beyond extreme and just plain silly. Given what has been described in the article, I'm surprised we don't see that sticker on EVERY single item sold.

California had a good intent in writing that law, but they went beyond sane. Overkill like this will cause those warning stickers to be useless as no one will bother to read/care about them since they will be ubiquitous.

]]> By: Tom http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/28/cancer-warning-labels-on-products-a-cause-for-concern/#comment-4396 Tom Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:53:15 +0000 http://cnnpagingdrgupta.wordpress.com/?p=322#comment-4396 The lead in Led Zeppelin was also found to be non-toxic but had excellent riffs. Tom The lead in Led Zeppelin was also found to be non-toxic but had excellent riffs.

Tom

]]> By: Frank http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/28/cancer-warning-labels-on-products-a-cause-for-concern/#comment-4391 Frank Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:18:08 +0000 http://cnnpagingdrgupta.wordpress.com/?p=322#comment-4391 It's amazing how there's no one leading one big effort to twarf the cancer epidemic. People die of cancer by the hundreds of thousands and no one knows why. They just keep going to work, hoping to be avoided. First there was the Dodo bird, then there was the chemical soup happy Dodo humans. We're killing the environment in which we live in and we're killing others and ourselves. Some Godly image. Looks like we are doing the same thing as a cancer does. -Frank was here. It's amazing how there's no one leading one big effort to twarf the cancer epidemic. People die of cancer by the hundreds of thousands and no one knows why. They just keep going to work, hoping to be avoided. First there was the Dodo bird, then there was the chemical soup happy Dodo humans. We're killing the environment in which we live in and we're killing others and ourselves. Some Godly image. Looks like we are doing the same thing as a cancer does. -Frank was here.

]]> By: John http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/28/cancer-warning-labels-on-products-a-cause-for-concern/#comment-4375 John Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:32:13 +0000 http://cnnpagingdrgupta.wordpress.com/?p=322#comment-4375 My only fear with this is the meaning of the label is diminished. How does a person know how much lead or other dangerous chemical is in an object? I would imagine some products bearing that label may actually be dangerous to handle more than necessary, while evidently there is no danger at all to handle other products. My only fear with this is the meaning of the label is diminished. How does a person know how much lead or other dangerous chemical is in an object? I would imagine some products bearing that label may actually be dangerous to handle more than necessary, while evidently there is no danger at all to handle other products.

]]> By: Tiffany http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/28/cancer-warning-labels-on-products-a-cause-for-concern/#comment-4369 Tiffany Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:25:54 +0000 http://cnnpagingdrgupta.wordpress.com/?p=322#comment-4369 Death by music player? I think not. I think this law is just a LITTLE bit harsh. "...one in 100,000’ chance of developing cancer as a result of that exposure.” Yeah, let us attempt to save that 100, 101st person from dying of cancer from a MIDI used for 70 years straight even though it was probably obsolete by the fifth year they had it, and that the other 100,000 people will be saved, even though half of the other 100, 000 people will probably have cancer in some form anyway. Give me a break. But I do admit, as a rabid nature lover, I do give them props for ,erm, exuberance? Death by music player? I think not.
I think this law is just a LITTLE bit harsh.

"...one in 100,000’ chance of developing cancer as a result of that exposure.”

Yeah, let us attempt to save that 100, 101st person from dying of cancer from a MIDI used for 70 years straight even though it was probably obsolete by the fifth year they had it, and that the other 100,000 people will be saved, even though half of the other 100, 000 people will probably have cancer in some form anyway. Give me a break. But I do admit, as a rabid nature lover, I do give them props for ,erm, exuberance?

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