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Subject:	Re: Join us in an Appeal to the IPC
From:	Brian Ellis <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Leadfree Electronics Assembly E-Mail Forum.
Date:	Tue, 27 Mar 2001 09:56:16 +0300
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Harvey

As far as Europe is concerned, I can confirm categorically that no
scientific risk assessment has been carried out. It is based on a single
buzzword: lead.

Brian

Harvey Miller wrote:
>
> Jack
> Thank you for telling us about the IPC's very commendable leadership role in
> upholding the application of science in the case of the new proposed EPA
> reglulations on lead reporting.  I believe that some EPA fuctionaries may
> have been cued by the European and Japanese lead-free initiatives.  In none
> of these cases, U.S. or elsewhere, has there been a full and scientific risk
> assessment or evaluation of the potential for recycling lead, particularly in
> solder.  I do not believe that the DG-Environmental WEE document in Europe or
> MITI's lead-free initiative in Japan are science-based any more than the EPA
> regs.  They are all part of the same flawed fabric and all should be held up
> to the light.
> Harvey Miller
>
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