So I was in walmart the other day and walked down the automotive aisle. I bought a 12v twin power cord unit to plug into my cigarette lighter and have 2 plugs. One for the V1 and the other my Sirius radio. I get home and I open it up and notice a little white tag on one of the cords. It reads: "The use of this product is likely to cause exposure to chemicals known to the state of cailfornia to cause cancer, and birth defects or other reproductive harm."

I'm returning it asap.
The brand name on the front is Electro-Tek.
Put out by Custom Accessories, Inc. Niles, IL

 

I don't even wanna know HOW wires tapped into other wires going into a socket can cause cancer...

 

they probably use some ghetto materials that, when heat up, offgas.

 

ghetto materials!

 

As long as you're not in Ca, you won't get it.

 

Everything causes cancer in cali....

 

 

Is that an exact quote? Wouldn't you think that if it's likely (which means >50%) to cause cancer and birth defects then they would like, not manufacture it? I mean dayum! Not even cigarette label warnings sound that dangerous!

 

they're more then 3000 products that have labels like that, i saw it on a motor oil bottle once.

 

yea i cant go a day w/o seeing a similar warning around here....not just on product labels but even in public places such as parking lots/parking structures, near dumpsters, around commercial buildings, hospitals.....heck i even saw a sign posted in an alley behind an elementary school for crying out loud!!!

....nice of them to give us fair warning i guess

 

If I only had a nickel for everytime I read about california and cancer...I must be a scientific freak of nature, still cancer free. I wouldn't sweat it man.

 

"Warning! Living in California is likely to cause cancer. Living at all is likely to cause cancer."

 

It sounds like your typical CYA (cover yo' @ss). They're probably just trying to protect themselves from people suing them. However, if you can find another cord that doesn't have that warning, I'd get it just in case.

 

The extension cords and lamps and just about everything electical I buy have the same stickers. Ironically, the gasoline you put in your car and the french fries you put in your mouth probably have a greater chance of causing cancer, but since they don't put warning labels on those, you don't think about taking those back. I'm also so sure you slather on SPF60 sunblock every hour on the hour and wear head to toe covering when you're out in the sun. Living gives you cancer. Get over it.

 

Yup, but hopefully it doesn't kick in until after we're dead.

 

It must be all of those tanning beds...

 

California is the most litigious, contentious, disputatious, quarrelsome state in this county. The govt is just covering there asses with these stipulations.

 

hahaha ain't that the truth

 

Gasoline pumps have the same warning.

 

Anything or any place you touch, see, smell, or visit in California has those signs.

walk into a building, and there's a sign on the front door.. "Something in this building is known by the state of Kalifornia to potentially cause some harm to your body, which must mean cancer, so you're going to die if you walk into this building."

Literally EVERYTHING sold in Cali, from plutonium to electronics to drinking water has that label on it.

 

You didn't touch it with your bare hands did you? LOL j/k yeah there are alot of things have that label on it. I bought a garden hose and it had the same label. Even water bottles have some weird labels like DO NOT REFIL.

 

i cant even tell you how funny i thought this thread was. I laughed from the time i started until.....wait, i'm still laughing. in fact i thought it was so funny that i will probably be spreading it around to all my friends. also RIDYCULE, your comment "Warning! Living in California is likely to cause cancer. Living at all is likely to cause cancer." is absolutely hilarious. i about fell outta the chair. althogh it could be a mixture between being 2 in the morning and this ridiculous thread. anywho. all your (stupid) comments are appreciated.

 

i second that hahahahha

 

isn't lot of thinga are baned in cali i heard dey even cant have any aftermarket in dash navigation system too and the same warning lable was on my radar detector and it was not ghetto it was a beltronics and cost me $300