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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