"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

William Sommerwerck wrote:

PS: I'm bothered that electronic products increasingly have RoHS labels
on the box, and statements that they use non-lead solder. I really
/don't/ believe that a lot of lead is leaching from waste sites into the
water supply, so we aren't likely to see much, if any, reduction in the
amount of lead (and lead compounds) in our water supply (is there any
hard science on this?), while the reliability of electronic products is
likely to decline.

I like to say that there is no such thing as a hazardous substance. The
hazard occurs from how the substance is used (or misused).

I believe - in Europe at least - it's more to do with H&S in the work
place rather than the environment.

Not even remotely. Aside from the non-existent electronics recycling plants.

Graham