Re: Terrified Parents

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Original poster: dgoodfellow-at-highstream-dot-net 

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<Your 12/30 NST can
deliver a nasty, painful shock, but it is highly
unlikely that it will kill you or do you permanent
harm. The power tools we use to fabricate Tesla coils
are far more dangerous than the completed Tesla coils!

Speaking of power tools, does your mom freak and
stress when you mow the lawn? I have no stats handy,
but I am confident that many teens are killed or
injured every year by lawn mowers.>

There's plenty of information available at the CPSC.
     In 1998 electrocution from consumer electronics was down to 550 
deaths. In 1988 there were 710 deaths from consumer electronics!

Also, according to the Consumer Products Safety Commission:
255,000 toy related injuries treated in U.S. Hospital emergency rooms each 
year.

8,700 fires, 990 injuries, and 80 deaths as a result from using candles in 
the home per year.

Over 90,000 injuries in 1999 from children using trampolines.

Annual average of 21,000 children treated in U.S. hospital emergency rooms 
from shopping cart injuries.

All figures available at 
<http://www.cpsc.gov/library/data.html>http://www.cpsc.gov/library/data.html

So... statistically, Tesla coils have a better safety record than consumer 
electronics, trampolines, and candles.

<In fact, every job, hobby, sport, activity, or just
about anything worth doing carries a certain amount of
risk. Tesla coiling occupies a pretty low spot on the
risk scale, way below skateboarding, woodworking,
cycling, swimming, football, or even driving a car.>

Absolutely!!

DG