Ian Field wrote
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Rod Speed wrote
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The ROHS rationale was to protect the health of folks doing
recycling.

That's only part of it. It's supposedly true that rain (and other
solvents)
leech lead from electronic equipment, and it winds up in drinking
water.

Therein lies an example of why we have the RoHS BS.

But lead was mined out of the ground in the first place!

But not much of the drinking water comes from where its mined.

Not that I think it makes any sense at all to ban lead in solder.

Much drinking water in the UK was, and continues to be, supplied via
lead pipes, and not all areas have 'hard' water supplies that coat the
inside of those pipes with a 'protective' limescale layer.

Yebbut, some have blamed the decline of the
roman empire on their use of lead plumbing pipes.

I think the theory was more to do with them using lead acetate (sugar of
lead) to sweeten their wine than of lead pipes to deliver water.

It was both. And like I said, the pipes claim is more plausible with
kids.

I seriously doubt the Romans had a minimum age limit for drinking,

Me too, but I doubt too many of the kids drank anything
like as much of it as the adults did for various reasons.

the froggies are fairly lax on that even in the present day.

Yes, but again, they don't drink anything like as much of it as the adults
do.