"Robert Neville" wrote in message
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"HeyBub" wrote:

"U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized thousands of hair dryers
recently that were determined to constitute a "substantial product
hazard"
under U.S. law, for failing to have adequate immersion protection," DHS
announced. "The potentially dangerous hair dryers were identified
through a
nationwide targeting operation by the CBP Import Safety Commercial
Targeting
and Analysis Center (CTAC)."

Unbelievable BS. The decision to put GFIs onhairdryers was an industry
decision
because they were afraid they'd get sued by the relatives of some idiot
who
decided to dry their hair the the bath tub, not any kind of federal law.

The problem is that GFI outlets have been required in bathrooms for over
40
years now, and stacking GFIs on appliance cords adds absolutely no
additional
protection. So everyone gets to pay a GFI tax on the millions of
hairdryers sold
each year so one idiot living in substandard housing doesn't fry
themself.

You speak 1/2 truths. There's no GFI police going door to door, citing
people for no GFI's. True, new homes must have them, but not everyone must
upgrade.


But thank goodness the government is out there protecting us from
hairdryers. I
mean it's not like terorists are trying to get through the border or
anything.

You'd be better off not listening to hate radio. The fear factor took over
any common sense you may have had.