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Article #358Re: Does multicore solder deteriorate with age?
From: Dave Plowman (News)
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 11:49
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 11:49
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In article <grpvif$6te$1@news.motzarella.org>,
William Sommerwerck <grizzledgeezer@comcast.net> 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.
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