We have been regulating ourselves back to the stone age well before
the Kyoto Accord but that was notice of things to come. And while Europe
and most "Western" countries slowly strangle themselves with regulations,
most Asian countries will go merrily down the path doing what they
please.
A quote from BILL BUSHER, Skeptical Briefs editorial way back in 2005.
http://www.skeptically.org/env/id2.html
"Banning lead in solder is unscientific political correctness at its worst.
Preying on the fears of an environmentally jittery but well-meaning public, it
will cost the electronics industry and consumers dearly while reducing the
overall reliability of the products. Lead-free solder simply does not work as
well as the leaded version. Scientific data documenting the harmful effects of
lead content in electronics has not been clearly established. No case has ever
been documented of lead poisoning resulting from solder in electronics."
At 07:15 PM 9/14/2016, you wrote:
On 08/01/2016 12:40 PM, Henry Spencer
rote:
The ill-advised attempt to eliminate lead from
electronics has caused grief out of all proportion to any likely benefit.
Including the demands for lead-free optical glass (!) - you'd think
that would be the least of the worries; including a material in a
glass melt is a pretty good way to isolate it from the environment
in general (it's even been proposed AIUI as a means of preparing
radioactive waste for long-term disposal).
http://spie.org/x106780.xml
"European Regulations may endanger availability of raw materials
for optics and photonics" by Dr. Peter Hartmann (Director of
Marketing and Customer Relations for the Advanced Optics
division of the Schott Glass Co.)
-dave w
