"N_Cook" wrote in message
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one reply got into print

* The Guardian,
* Thursday April 10 2008

Getting the lead out

Thank you for publishing the article on tin whiskers (Within a whisker of
failure, April 3). Too much attention has been given to well-meaning
people
who are pushing the environmental agenda but with very little science
behind
what they are trying to achieve. Some of the green community captured the
public attention and pushed through the no lead on electronics, when there
was not sufficient test data available (actually there was a lot of data
on
US military aircraft). Now we are finding the problems of having a
political
agenda and not one based on science and facts.
Steven Adamson, IMAPS president and Asymtek market manager


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Very nicely put by Mr Adamson and, whilst The Guardian is not one of my
favourite rags, all credit to them for at least publishing a reply that
swims against the tide, and does not tow the government line ... It's good
to see some 'alternative' views finally making themselves heard in the
public domain !

Arfa