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Article #360Re: Does multicore solder deteriorate with age?
From: Ian Jackson
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:33
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:33
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In message <504a4ce2e9dave@davenoise.co.uk>, "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> writes >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. > More like job creation for the legislators in Brussels. -- Ian
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