Subject:  BP Amoco to prohibit cell phones at gas stations (DePippo)..
Date:     Thu, 7 Oct 1999 100832 -0500 (CDT)
From:     "Roy L. Beavers" 
To:       emfguru 
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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 10:06:14 EDT
From: PDepippo@aol.com
To: rbeavers@llion.org
Subject: BP Amoco to prohibit cell phones at gas stations

WIRE:10/07/1999 05:04:00 ET
Report: BP Amoco to prohibit cell phones at gas stations
  
 
  CLEVELAND (AP) _ BP Amoco plans to ban the use of cellular  telephones at 
its U.S. gasoline pumps by the end of the year amid  concern that electronic 
impulses could start a fire, The Plain  Dealer reported today.  
The risk is slight, but London-based BP Amoco doesn't want to  take any 
chances, said Linda McCray, a company spokeswoman in  Cleveland. The company 
will post warning signs at Amoco and BP  stations by the end of the year.  

"We are unaware of any incidents here in the U.S. in which a  cellular has 
been linked to a fire or an explosion," she said.  "This is strictly a 
precautionary measure we are taking."  

The ban, which was implemented earlier this year at BP stations  in the 
United Kingdom and Australia, will prohibit the use of  devices such as 
cellular telephones, compact disc players and  pagers near gas pumps.  

The Chevron Corp. also plans to ban cell phones. The company  will place 
warning decals on gas pumps later this year, said Nancy  Malinowski, a 
Chevron spokeswoman.  

The city of Cicero, Ill., a Chicago suburb, recently passed the  first law in 
the nation banning the use of cellular phones at gas  stations.  

Cell phone manufacturers have included warnings against such use  in owner's 
manuals for years because they say that under certain  conditions, cell 
phones could help generate sparks. 



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