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RE: NIRS anti-nuclear activity summer 2000



At 04:15 PM 7/21/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Zach Clayton or any other Radsafer:
>
>Out of curiosity, can you point to a reg that prohibits mislabeling?  I ran
>into the problem with anti's doing it in Washington State when I was a
>regulator there (late 1970's). We went to the State's Attorney General, and
>were advised that there was nothing that prohibited mislabeling.  The regs
>clearly stated when a posting was required, but nothing about mislabeling.
>Has a regulation been promulgated since then?
>
>Years later, as the RSO at a university, I was cited by the Agreement State
>for "superfluous" signs.  I beat the citation based on the above rationale.
>I do not condone the misuse of a warning sign, but as far as I can tell,
>there is no regulation prohibiting the misuse.
>
>Larry Grimm
>UCLA EH&S/ Radiation Safety Division
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>Fl, Box 951605, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1605
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>UCLA's.
>
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Dear Larry:

There's no law against lying, either.  Except under oath.  Unless you're the
President.

Ciao, Carol

Carol S. Marcus, Ph.D., M.D.
<csmarcus@ucla.edu>


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