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Randy Bohrer pointed out the danger of divers attempting to prepare their
own gear for <oxygen service>. Jason Richards pointed  out that some dive
shops also seem to lack a professional approach to gear servicing. I have
seen both of these problems.

Now with PADI popularising EAN we are going to see it being used far more
widely than ever. The more of anything you do in diving the greater the
chance of an accident.

So far we have managed to get away in most countries without major govenment
interference as we have worked with gasses other than air. However, as
always, if there are a rash of accidents the govements clamp down, and
usually in an over restrictive or mis-directed way. I really believe this is
quite likely as everybody jumps on the nitrox bandwagon and the number of
accidents related to gas blending increase.

We need to have more clearly defined industry standards regarding equipment
servicing and gas blending, or someone else will do it for us.

Safe New Year,


Mark Caney
Scubex, Cyprus
Tel + 357-6-246680 (GMT + 2 hrs)

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