Originally Posted by bisjoe  ...I'd avoid contacting them and opening a can of worms. With the smog levels in southern CA, if they find out about your laser they probably would require filtration. |
Isn't this like "Don't tell anyone you're dumping toxic waste down the drain or they might make you stop..."? If the local health org believes he needs to filter, I would say it's a good bet that he does, and not just for his own health. It may cost him $1k to put in a filtration system now, but what is that compared to the $1 million civil suit for dumping waste into the air for anyone to breathe? It doesn't matter if your reasons for scrubbing the output are altruistic or selfish, as long as the results are the same, clean air.