Re: Re: Re: [DIYbio] Equipment & Reagent Exchange

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On , Simon Quellen Field <sfield@scitoys.com> wrote:
> Does the Vatican know that people in rural Texas are getting poped?:-)
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> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 9:31 AM, mwfolsom@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Is there a lawyer in house?
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> Seriously, when I read this:
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> "Chemical laboratory apparatus" means any item of equipment designed,
> made, or adapted to manufacture a controlled substance or a controlled
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> substance analogue, including:
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> I thought a good lawyer could drive a truck though this statement. I have several Erlenmeyer flasks
> but none were "designed, made, or adapted to manufacture a controlled substance". So does could
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> I legally own them in Texas or not? My guess is this is one of those laws that is used to
> "pile on" somebody after they have been arrested for making crack. But the law being in Texas and
> Texas being Texas who knows what would happen if some DIYer working with DNA in rural Texas
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> got poped.
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> Looks like it has the making of yet another Texas legal tragedy.
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> I would be concerned about this if I were in Texas.
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> Mike
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> On , Jay Woods woodsjay@cox.net> wrote:
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> > This makes DIY even more important. Make or adapt (from other non-regulated
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> > items) the equipment yourself. That is not controlled by the Texas
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> > regulations.
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> > On Saturday, March 10, 2012 04:06:56 PM Meredith L. Patterson wrote:
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> > > AFAIK, "some places" == "Texas":
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> > > http://www.crscientific.com/texas-glassware.html
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> > > http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/RegulatoryServices/narcotics/narcprecursor.htm
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> > > has the full list of controlled equipment:
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> > > "Chemical laboratory apparatus" means any item of equipment designed,
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> > > made, or adapted to manufacture a controlled substance or a controlled
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> > > substance analogue, including:
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> > > (A)  a condenser
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> > > (B)  a distilling apparatus
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> > > (C)  a vacuum drier
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> > > (D)  a three-neck or distilling flask
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> > > (E)  a tableting machine
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> > > (F)  an encapsulating machine
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> > > (G)  a filter, Buchner, or separatory funnel
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> > > (H)  an Erlenmeyer, two-neck, or single-neck flask
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> > > (I)  a round-bottom, Florence, thermometer, or filtering flask
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> > > (J)  a Soxhlet extractor
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> > > (K)  a transformer
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> > > (L)  a flask heater
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> > > (M)  a heating mantel  or
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> > > (N)  an adaptor tube
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> > > --mlp
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> > > On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Jeswin phillyj101@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > I heard that in some places there are laws against buying lab
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> > > > glassware out of fear of meth production. You guys should check your
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> > > > laws before you do anything of this sort. Don't be caught on the wrong
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> > > > side of the law.
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> > > > Otherwise,  a good idea. It would be very useful if we had more community
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> > > > labs.
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> > > > On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 4:10 PM, Ethan argentumxy@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > >> I apologize for clogging up the group with my threads, but I had an idea
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> > > >> (shocking as that may seem). Looking through old threads, I couldn't
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> > > >> really find much about exchanging laboratory equipment and reagents
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> > > >> between members here. I think if some system were set up, it would be
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> > > >> useful to a lot of DIYbio members. That said, I quickly whipped up a
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> > > >> Google docs spreadsheet that could be used to list items that you want
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> > > >> to sell or trade to other members here. The link is at the end of this
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> > > >> message. All DIYbio members should have access, but it is a very real
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> > > >> possibility that I screwed something up as this is my first Google doc
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> > > >> spreadsheet.
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> > > >> I suppose some basic rules are needed:
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> > > >> Only list in empty cells. If your item is no longer available (has been
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> > > >> sold, traded, etc) please remove it from the listing. At the very least
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> > > >> put the item and your email so that you may be contacted, but more info
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> > > >> is probably useful.
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> > > >> Let me know what you guys think of the idea.
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> > > >> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AllwKjhg8CTsdEhiU2VvVkxyS1R
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> > > >> IWTNDc3FVNEw3R2c#gid=0
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