Comment on EU consumers don’t trust US goods: a look into Trump’s trade deficit claims
Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 days agoThe times I have learned that a safety standard I have seen or had to follow was just a STATE law and not a FEDERAL LAW has been way too fucking high. But it makes me glad I’m in California and not anywhere else in the US.
Taleya@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Meanwhile the number of times i’ve seen people mock CaLiFOrNiA SaFeTy RuLeS is too damned high. Jesus christ
shalafi@lemmy.world 3 days ago
The idiotic “may cause cancer” labels are to blame for that. When warnings are constant and over-the-top, they get ignored. Good ideas often backfire.
pupbiru@aussie.zone 3 days ago
the EUs version is cooking warnings
in Australia technically we have to get a licensed electrician to change a light bulb
nerv@lemmynsfw.com 3 days ago
I can accept when it about messing with the installation but a lightbulb? Those are made to be easy to replace. It’s a screw and a threaded socket, 95% of the case. Unless someone is purposefully trying to do something wrong, the risk close to none.