who where wrote:

On Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:07:11 -0400, "Charles"
wrote:

Has this had any impact on repair and rework of electronic devices and
equipment?

Of course. The increased number of failures due solely to solder
joints has kept many a service department busy. Reworking with
"decent" solder is the simplest treatment.

Not in Europe it isn't. There are heavy fines for doing that.

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