Peter,

Sorry, in this case it was not the buyer who decided but commercial
interests backed by intense lobbying.

Brian

Peter Swanson wrote:

> Sadly, Joe, this is not the case. The consumer believes that lead in solder
> is environmentally bad, and ultimately it's their buying power which makes
> the decision.
>
> Peter
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> Peter Swanson                                      Oxfordshire, England
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Fjelstad [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 17 February 2004 19:45
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [TN] Another view of lead-free
>
>
> In a message dated 2/17/2004 11:25:32 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
>
>
>>And yes, we all pretty much know that banning lead from electronics
>
> assembly
>
>>will do more environmental harm than good;
>
>
> Hi Peter,
>
> It seems that just about everyone knows this except for the EU Parliament...
> ;-)
>
> Kind regards,
> Joe
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