Funny you should....
> Heck my Dollar Tree store has all sorts of Audio/Video, and
> now Computer cables & Mice. That same printer cable I paid
> $9 for is $1 at Dollar Tree. I ask you however Les, why do
> the back of many Dollar Tree items have this exact warning?
>
> **WARNING: Handling the cord on this product will expose you
> to lead, a Chemical known to the State of California to
> cause cancer, and birth defects, or other reproductive harm.
> WASH HANDS AFTER HANDLING.**
That's because of an over-protective Caifornia law requiring
notification on the label of any product that contains anything
that might hurt anyone under even the most ridiculous of
circumstances.
It's funny that you mention this because, just this afternoon,
I salvaged a wall-wart transformer to run a couple of very
old 12-volt Christmas lamps. There was a prominent white label
stuck on the cord (after many years) with the very warning you
mention. The lead is used to solder the cord onto the mini-
plug on the 12 volt end.
This is the same law that causes de-rating of ladders sold in
California. Ladders sold in other states with a 225 pound
rating are rated at only 220 pounds here. That's because there
are five pounds of stick-on labels to comply with various silly
state laws. And Arnold thought he could govern it! California
is so nuts that you could fill the entire San Andreas fault with
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