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From: greg@sj.ate.slb.com (Greg Wageman)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Bad News- Lasers replace Radar guns
Message-ID: <1990Jan29.182151.318@sj.ate.slb.com>
Date: 29 Jan 90 18:21:51 GMT
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Reply-To: greg@sj.ate.slb.com (Greg Wageman)
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In article <19185@bcsaic.UUCP> carroll@bcsaic.UUCP (Jeff Carroll) writes:
>
>	Which federal agency *is* it that regulates lasers? Isn't it the
>FDA?

The FDA would likely only be involved in certifying lasers for use in
medical applications.  I believe the Department of Health and Human
Services (DHHS) regulates lasers in consumer equipment.  There
probably are other agencies involved in other circumstances.  With our
wonderful Federal Government beauracracy, it isn't an either-or
proposition.

Free trade, indeed...

"We're lucky we don't get all the government we pay for."

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