In message , Chris Bacon
writes
Steven Briggs wrote:
Tournifreak writes
So is there really any good reason for removing lead from electronic
components and PCBs when there's all this lead being sued in the
building industry? Or is it just another piece of do-gooder
thumb-twidling buraucratic EU nonsense? (With big fines)

Yep, all complete and total ********. And the last thing that
struggling industry needs right now in the face of far east
competition is a huge wad of costs for new process plant and
expensive engineering time

If specifications are made, presumably everyone providing goods
has to comply. That should put competition on an even level.

If only it were that simple.
There's a lot of exemptions from RoHS (e.g. anything automotive), and
also a lot of stuff that comes in from China under the distributors own
brand names can be very time consuming to confirm the paper chase. 5% of
the parts on a particular product can easily take 95% of the time to
sort.

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steve