[ARC5] hazmats?

[J. Forster]

These are politically driven, not science driven, laws and regulations.
Many are pretexts to advance some cause or other, or are to disadvantage a
competitor.

John Stossel has done many programs on idiotic regulation.

-John

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>   - and now Oregon is banning copper paint on the bottoms of
> recreational vessels of under 65 feet. but NOT on larger commercial or
> naval vessels. How much sense does that make? California is about to do
> the same thing.
>
>      Several years ago you could use an infinitesmal amount - less than
> an ounce to a gallon - of a tin derivative in copper bottom paint and it
> would keep off the barnacles for four- six years. Without it, two years
> max. So you have to haul out and re-paint twice or three times as often,
> washing copper off when you repaint. Costs a lot and makes more mess.
>
>      And commercial and navy ships still use the stuff by the tankcar
> load. (a friend had a Navy buddy liberate him some of the Navy's best
> some time ago.)
>
>   - Gordon White
>