Terry, Mike and other readers: Thank you for your very refreshing display of common sense and integrity. After reading reams of "law and standards" in all variations, I was ready to give up on this community. Everybody was attempting to split over again some already split legalistic hairs, but yours was the first contribution that really went for the core. I was tempted to submit as a motto for all this uproar the undying words of J.R. Ewing (you do remember Dallas, don't you?): "Once you give up on integrity, everything else comes easy." Regards, Bogdan.
Whitehouse, Terence (Terry) wrote: > Mike, > > You deserve an award*** for your refreshing display of common sense. I > suggest that we can all learn from your response. > > As responsible private individuals and regulatory guardians of our corporate > interests, we should all be more willing to volunteer to do what is > appropriate to protect everybody and everything around us from the (human), > mechanical, electrical and toxic hazards so prevalent in our complex > society. > > Too often, we spend time examining legislation and standards to decide how > to define the bare minimum to be compliant with the production and use of > the items for which we are responsible. As good citizens, we ought not to > wait for legislation to "force" us to do the right thing. > > There is lots of information readily available, which, in conjunction with > the ever louder voice of social conscience, should be more than sufficient > for us to discharge our personal and regulatory responsibilities > appropriately. > > *** Take a step outside to reward yourself with some deep breaths of fresh > air - while there is still some around to inhale! > > > (For the group members in the UK, as "Del Boy" would say - "... you know it > makes sense ....") > > > Terry Whitehouse > Avaya Regulatory Milpitas > (408) 577-7714 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Murphy [mailto:mmur...@alesis.com] > Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 2:14 PM > To: 'emc-p...@ieee.org' > Subject: Batteries ... > > Doug, > > >From an environmental, not compliance, standpoint, batteries leech nasty > chemicals into the groundwater supply as they age in landfills. Enlightened > communities sponsor 'hazardous waste roundups' periodically. So, my > suggestion is to keep the dead batteries in a sealed container in the home > until they can be handed off to qualified disposal specialists such as at > these roundups. > > This is what I do as a matter of course--it's not difficult at all. > > For Our Little Planet, > Mike Murphy > > ------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety > Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > > Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ > > To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > majord...@ieee.org > with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org > Dave Heald davehe...@mediaone.net > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org > Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://www.rcic.com/ click on "Virtual Conference Hall," ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org Dave Heald davehe...@mediaone.net For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.rcic.com/ click on "Virtual Conference Hall,"
