Yes, I sort of noted in my draft letter I put together for our upper managment to send the Feds that the average Canuck is getting more rosin sitting around campfires, heating their homes with wood, shoot, probably just walking in the woods.
Bev
RIM
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Sent: Tue Oct 13 12:49:29 2009
Subject: Re: [TN] [LF] Canada bans rosin flux
Hmmmm. Lets see, rosin comes from pine trees - Canada grow a lot of
pine trees - Canada produce a lot of rosin - Canada seeks to ban
rosin.....?
Graham Naisbitt
On 13 Oct 2009, at 14:05, Steve Gregory wrote:
> Yeah Bob, I just heard this from our process lead this morning. He
> printed
> out the article for me.
>
> I'm going to copy the TechNet on this too in case they haven't seen
> it.
>
> Ridiculous...
>
> Steve Gregory
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leadfree [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bob Landman
> Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 8:42 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [LF] Canada bans rosin flux
>
> What's next, I wonder...
>
> Will we all be forced to go back to living in caves, writing on
> walls (with
> environmentally safe materials, of course)? Will our modern world
> will be
> deemed too unsafe to live in? Seems that's where we are headed,
> doesn't it?
>
>
> -Bob Landman/H&L Instruments,LLC
>
> http://circuitsassembly.com/cms/news/8884-ipc-urges-canada-to-remove-propose
> d-ban-on-rosin
>
> IPC Urges Canada to Remove Proposed Ban on Rosin
> Written by Chelsey Drysdale
> Friday, 02 October 2009 16:12
>
> BANNOCKBURN, IL - IPC is urging its members to respond to Canada's
> Chemical
> Management Plan's proposal banning five rosin-containing substances
> from all
> products manufactured and sold there.
>
> The trade group also submitted comments today to the Canadian
> Department of
> the Environment in advance of the Oct. 20 comment deadline.
>
> Rosin is used in the manufacture of more than 75% of electronics
> products,
> including defense systems, telecommunication and transportation
> technologies, IPC noted.
>
> A ban on rosin would make it difficult for electronics manufacturers
> to
> continue to do business in Canada, says IPC. In addition, consumers
> would
> likely foot the bill for the increased production cost because
> electronics
> manufacturers would have to engineer products specifically for the
> Canadian
> market. Even more likely, Canadian electronics manufacturers would
> consider
> moving operations to countries that do not ban the use of rosin,
> resulting
> in a loss of Canadian jobs, says the association.
>
> According to Dr. Greg Munie, IPC technical director, rosins are
> naturally
> occurring materials that possess irreplaceable chemical and electrical
> properties qualities that ensure a reliable, safe and long-lasting
> product.
> There is no known chemical or combination of chemicals that can
> provide the
> same functionality and reliability of rosin. Therefore, eliminating
> rosin
> would force a change in the composition of soldering flux and solder
> paste
> that will ultimately affect the reliability of the final electronic
> product.
>
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