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joshavant | 8 years ago

When I worked at Apple, it was fun to walk in some buildings and notice the California 'cancer warning' sign posted in the lobby. From that, you knew there was probably a hardware engineering lab somewhere in that building, because I believe they had to post those due to carcinogens released from soldering. (And, inside of Apple, that kind of knowledge would only be shared on a need-to-know basis, otherwise.)

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zaroth|8 years ago

No, they put the signs on every building everywhere because it’s cheaper than not putting them up and possibly getting fined $2,500 for everyone who ever walked inside.

It’s impossible to construct a building which would not contain some element which would trigger the legal requirement of posting the sign.

The sign conveys you absolutely no information. Look closer and you will see they are posted on every commercial building run by someone smart enough to know to post them. The more entertaining places I’ve seen them is grocery stores and preschools.