Saturday, December 15, 2007

No hazard labels required

This box was delivered to the lab recently. I find it interesting in a few ways.



1. Do you really need a label saying you need no labels?

2. Which label do you believe? The Department of Transportation (DOT) label or the label from the company shipping (Sigma-Aldrich)? One of them is not assessing the situation correctly. Do you believe in government regulation or are you a libertarian socialist (aka anarchist)?

3. The Mister Fantastic cameo appearance on that DANGER label is pretty awesome. The DANGER label is pretty awesome overall.

To Sigma-Alrich's credit, thioglycol is pretty pungent stuff. But it's not going to explode or kill anyone.

I wonder if this is a sign of things to come. Maybe in the future McDonald's will have coffee cups printed with both CAUTION: CONTENTS HOT and a Federally-mandated NO HAZARD LABELS REQUIRED.

2 comments:

cuenon said...

Oddly, just last week the annual stupidest warning labels were announced. I think your selection here would nicely augment their list.

http://www.mlaw.org/wwl/

David said...

Aw man, I wish I kept that box! They only accept original labels, not pictures, for their contest. Some of these labels have got to be written a little tongue in cheek.