That figure of $5000 seems rather odd, unless it is a refernce to a standard penalty they seek for copyright infringement.
I just looked at TechStreet (www.techstreet.com), a source I often use for acquiring current standards, or at least finding out what is the most current version of a standard.
They are listing CGA P-1 for $147 in printed form or $108 in secure PDF form. CGA P-9 is being sold at $56 for a secure PDF, $73 in paper, and $85 for paper and PDF together.
Admittedly, $73, or even $56, for a 21 page document (as CGA P-1 is) may seem steep, but as standards go it is not all that bad, and it is certainly nothing near $5000.
And the question was about standards, not the other good stuff that CGA might have.
Peter Zavon, CIH
Penfield, NY
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Unfortunately the CGA also aggressively gaurds the copyright on their publications. The cost for distributing a copy without CGA's permission is $5000. The CGA has a lot of really good publications, but does not make them readily available to nonmembers.
Todd Perkins
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Hi,
I am wondering whether other academic Chemical Hygiene Officers/EHS employees/etc purchase CGA publications other than the "Safe Handling of Compressed Gases in Containers" (P-1), which is cited in the OSHA Compressed Gas standard.
In particular, publications which (on the surface) appear they might be applicable to labs are "P-9: The Inert Gases Nitrogen, Helium, Argon", and "P-12: Safe Handling of Cryogenic Liquids" or "P-30: Portable Liquid Nitrogen Containers"
Like numerous standards that come from 'non-governmental consortia' these are expensive; unlike NFPA and some others, it doesn't appear there is 'read only' access on the web. I hesitate to purchase them due to cost, but if others have found them helpful, I'll bite the bullet..
Many thanks for your comments!
Margaret
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