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L.A. urges porn producers to use condoms
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-10-09 15:25
Los Angeles County health officials sent letters to producers and directors
in the porn industry, urging them to use condoms during sex scenes to help
prevent a repeat of April's HIV outbreak.
The letters, which began arriving this week, came as state lawmakers
threatened possible legislation to require the use of condoms in porn
productions.
The letters also urged the industry to vaccinate performers
for hepatitis A and B.
Last month, the state Division of Occupational
Safety and Health fined two Van Nuys companies $30,560 each for allegedly
permitting their actors to engage in unprotected sex. The fines were levied
based on regulations requiring employers to protect workers exposed to bodily
fluids.
The companies, Evasive Angles and TTB Productions, have
appealed.
The government has been frustrated with the industry's failure
to take steps to prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.
In
April, four actors were identified as having HIV, and the industry was
temporarily shut down.
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