meow2222 wrote:
Chris Bacon wrote:
Steven Briggs wrote:
Tournifreak writes
So is there really any good reason for removing lead from electronic
components and PCBs

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 why aren't the people importing them prosecuted? Why isn't the
stock impounded?