Ian Jackson wrote:

In message , "Dave Plowman (News)"
writes
In article ,
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.

More like job creation for the legislators in Brussels.

Oh those morons. They screwed this one up rotten. Heard of WEEE ? Implemented
nowhere as far as I can see. My local council didn't even reply to a request as
to where I should dispose of old computers or CFLs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste_E...nt_Directiv e

Graham