Sadly Nigel,

The resulting RoHS legislation says otherwise.  I don't think namecalling does any good.  I'm of European heritage (mum was Canadian, fathers family was Romanian).  The problem is a problem with humans in general, and politicians in particular (of all parties).  To quote the Bard, the fault lies with ourselves.

Clearly the science is presently on the side of lead.  It appears thus far not to matter.  No-one seems to offer a good explanation as to why that is so.

Kindest regards,

Bob Landman
H&L Instruments


On Jan 26, 2010, at 9:58 AM, Nigel Burtt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Perhaps perjoratively referring to those disagreed with as "lefties"  
> and "loonies"
> might be why the valid opinions are ignored should you ever care to 
> share them with people who can actually use the information to change 
> things.
>
> And as a point of fact, the right of the political spectrum in the EU 
> has always held the majority in the EP
>
> < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:EP_Groups_1979-2009.png >
>
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