Brian and Harvey:

It is my understanding that the European risk "assessment" advisors were
representatives of the tin consortium. So, in addition to the mindless
fear of lead, vested interests were at work in the decision-making.
Indeed, a distressing number of measures passed world-wide in the name
of environmental protection result from financial interests of the
policy brokers. One Canadian (whose name I shall not mention because I
do not wish to spend the rest of my life in litigation) often referred
to in reverent manner has made a fortune from a combination of political
crony-ism and organization of global environmental conferences.

Jim Smith
Cambridge Management Sciences, Inc.

Brian Ellis wrote:
>
> 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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