Internal wiring of USA v UK mains plug

Jun 27, 2007 303 Replies

If you're willing to eat the crawfish, there's not a lot of point in worrying about stuff leached off the drum. US cancer rates have been gradually declining for decades, so we must be doing something right.

Are PCBs really carcinogenic? There are lots of references that say not.

John

noting that PCB = polychlorinated biphenyl, not pc board

Joules is now in use.

The calorie as is used in talk regarding dietary intake actually refers to the kilocalorie.

Not used in Britain., although for some curious reason central heating boilers and radiators continued to be specified in them until quite recently. Thankfully they're in kW now.

Graham

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