[tinwhiskers] Re: RoHS 2 Moves Forward (Run For Your Lives!)
- From: "John Burke" <john@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tinwhiskers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "'\(Leadfree Electronics Assembly Forum\)'" <Leadfree@xxxxxxx>, "'SMART Group smart-e-link'" <SMART-E-LINK@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <RoHSUSAPushback@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "'TechNet E-Mail Forum'" <TechNet@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:56:01 -0700
With the EU looking to ban Gallium Arsenide (say goodbye to your cell phone
as stated below) I started to wonder what mobile communication technologies
we would be left with ? I found it; here is the link:
<http://tinyurl.com/3dzn89> http://tinyurl.com/3dzn89
And of course as usual the technology will be promoted haevily by those with
a vested interest in the price of tin??..Pass the link on to your friends on
Tuesday next week?????.8-)
John
John Burke
(408) 515 4992
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[mailto:tinwhiskers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Cheek
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 11:02 AM
To: tinwhiskers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tinwhiskers] Re: RoHS 2 Moves Forward (Run For Your Lives!)
I downloaded the list from the following site.
<http://hse-rohs.oeko.info/index.php?id=3>
http://hse-rohs.oeko.info/index.php?id=3
David Cheeik
lynn norman <blnorma@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Where might one get a copy of the complete list?
--- Bob Landman wrote:
> From Dr. Craig Hillman (DfR Solutions)
>
> RoHS 2 Moves Forward (Run For Your Lives!)
>
> The Öko-Institut in Norway, tasked by the European
> Union to expand the materials covered by RoHS, has
> just identified 46 new substances for regulation.
>
> The list is impressive. It includes: Nickel (as in
> nickel plating), Beryllium (as in copper-beryllium
> alloys), Gallium Arsenide (say good-bye to cell
> phones), Liquid Crystals (do you really need a
> display?) and Rosin (as in rosin flux).
>
> Tetrabromobisphenol-A (TBBPA) was not included, due
> to its recent approval by the EU.
>
> With only one week to provide input (March 28th),
> this round of new restrictions is moving ahead
> quickly. The final result remains to be seen, but
> future electronics may have to be made from clay,
> rocks and paper.
>
>
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