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- From: reid@metis.tti.com (Reid Kneeland)
- Subject: Re: Flammability (was: Re: A few Questions)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.204253.14902@ttinews.tti.com>
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- References: <1993Jan13.023714.9282@cs.cornell.edu> <1993Jan21.100513.17157@marie.uucp>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 20:42:53 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan21.100513.17157@marie.uucp> perryh@marie.uucp (Perry Hutchison) writes:
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- >> in the USA any infant garment sold as sleepwear has to meet
- >> certain levels of inflammability.
-
- >Am I the only one who thinks it a bit peculiar to require sleepwear, but
- >not daywear, to be flame-resistant? Seems to me a kid is far more likely
- >to encounter an ignition source while up and around than while asleep.
-
- That's true; the danger is that the time when the kid is most likely
- to be up and around without parental supervision is during the night and
- early morning. The legislation was passed in response to cases of children's
- clothing being set aflame by stoves and heaters while their parents slept.
-
- Of course, sleepwear is really whatever the child sleeps in, whether
- it's marketed as such or not. The law does not force parents to dress
- their children in flame-resistant garments.
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