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Porn industry hazmat suits

Posted On: Jun. 10, 2011 12:00 AM CST

California's OSHA drew some amusing criticisms during a public hearing this week on the agency's new safety proposals for the porn industry.

Cal/OSHA wants to protect workers in the $14 billion industry from bloodborn pathogens by mandating condoms on film sets.

According to a story in the Los Angeles Daily News an adult performer named Ela Darling quipped, “It's at the point where we feel we'll be working in hazmat suits.”