(I thought that might get your attention, Tay Tay.)
Allen and Santorum are co-sponsoring S.1110. This sounds like wonderful legislation on it's face. It requires adding a bittering agent to anti freeze, and that is a very good thing (antifreeze is supposedly quite yummy, but deadly. I'm going to pass on the taste test). Depending on whose statistics you believe, anti freeze poisons about 4,000 children a year and anywhere from 10,000-100,000 dogs and cats.
Here's the thing. If you read the bill, it excludes and holds harmless beyond what I think is necessary and acceptable, unless I'm mis-reading the exemptions. (FYI, for those of you reading it, denatonium benzoate is the bittering agent.) It seems to exclude commercial and wholesale use, which sounds like they're imposing the legislation only on the consumer who might change their own antifreeze, usually someone looking to save a couple bucks (surprise!).
My fear is that the antifreeze in commercial and some retail applications is no longer seen as hazardous. The public is lulled into thinking antifreeze is no longer a risk, but when the Chevy springs a leak in the driveway and the kid/dog/cat laps it up, the folks at Pep Boys are not responsible.
There's a hearing tomorrow at 10 on C-Span 3. If you get a chance, let me know what you think.
Maybe it's just a good bill, but with those two, I have my suspicions.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/thomasBTW, I realize this sounds incredibly boring, but it really is important to me.
Thanks.