From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxa!mhuxh!mhuxm!pyuxjj!pyuxqq!chl
Newsgroups: net.med
Title: Safety Labeling
Article-I.D.: pyuxqq.101
Posted: Tue Jan 11 09:55:44 1983
Received: Wed Jan 12 05:30:58 1983

       According to "MOTHER JONES" (investigative magazine), many
       of the warning labels on	dangerous household products are
       inadequate, non-existent	or dangerous if	instructions are
       followed.  They discovered this while thumbing through the
       American	Red Cross Multimedia Standard First Aid	Workbook.

       In 1982 a study of 1,019	household products was done by the
       New York	City Poison Control Center which found 85% had
       insufficient, dangerous or non-existent warnings	or first-
       aid information.

       Here are	a few of the more recognizable brands:

	  o+ Inadequate labeling

	    (1)	 Absorbine Jr.
	    (2)	 Agree shampoo
	    (3)	 Ben-Gay
	    (4)	 FDS
	    (5)	 Listerine
	    (6)	 Off! insect repellent

	  o+ No first-aid labeling

	    (1)	 Ajax cleanser
	    (2)	 Breck hair conditioner
	    (3)	 Comet cleanser
	    (4)	 Woolite liquid
	    (5)	 Vanish	toilet bowl
	    (6)	 Johnson Wax Glo-coat

	  o+ Dangerous labeling

	    (1)	 A&P ammonia cleanser
	    (2)	 Dip-It	coffee pot destainer
	    (3)	 Mister	Plumber	drain opener
	    (4)	 Jet Dry water spot preventer
	    (5)	 Purex bleach
	    (6)	 Soilax	wall and floor cleaner
	    (7)	 T-Rif laundry detergent

       As the old adage	goes, "Let the buyer beware!"