Funny thing is that one environmentalist from California actually proposed a
ban on copper due to its toxicity.  

This happened in a conference session in which I was the only
non-environmentalist and I showed them a segment from Thomas Friedman's
"Does Europe Hate Us?" TV program - he interviewed a French Greenpeace
member who said that the EU will force the world to comply with their
environmental laws, since the EU has the largest market; Friedman then asked
him why the French smoke in restaurants, and the guy replied "the French are
not very disciplined".  No one in the room laughed, and they hated my
presentation.

-----Original Message-----
From: Leadfree [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Patten, Chuck
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 4:01 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [LF] Copper conductors

another April Foole...

even if it were not a joke...<G>

-----Original Message-----
From: Leadfree [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Brian Ellis
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 12:14 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [LF] Copper conductors

The international Landfill Owners Organisation (LOO) scientific
committee has issued a warning that discarded electronics is causing a
problem. Research has shown that copper salts leaching mainly from
printed circuit conductors is arresting the anaerobic bacterial
decomposition of organic material co-deposited in the landfills.

LOO is asking the World Health Organisation to call on governments to
ban copper in the manufacture of printed circuits, because the increased
quantities of undecomposed organic matter in landfills is causing a
proliferation of rats. Studies in eight countries have shown the rat
population to have increased by an average of 128 per cent in landfills
containing discarded electronics, compared to similar landfills with no
electronics. This problem has been exacerbated by considerably lower
levels of lead in landfills with electronics, compared with similar
studies made 10 years ago. It is believed that the higher lead levels
helped to lower the rat population.

http://www.loosciencecom.org/reports/report20090401

Brian

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