Chris Bacon wrote:
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.

there might be some truth to that is everyone did what they 'should',
but consumer electronics, primarily imported asian goods, routinely
flouts basic legal requirements. So it will make us significantly less
competitive, and thus as a society less well off, and thus in the
longer run less able to implement safety improvements where theyre
really needed.

Its strange to see all this faffing about over trivia when 25% of the
population dies from easily prevented causes. Denial seems to be
popular today.


NT