Thanks Ramon.

Looks like some of those in the media are gaining interest  in depth over
demagogy.

"NASA safety studies show that an inadvertent thruster firing could  tear
apart the station and a docked shuttle, triggering  rapid
depressurization of both spacecraft and killing all  aboard"



No problem there for the members of the EU Parliament ... only a problem  if
you are on one of the two craft :-(

As was  noted earlier, this misguided mandate called RoHS (but  mostly tagged
lead-free for marketing purposes) is poised to  extend its reach and possibly
(likely?) negative reliability  effects beyond intentions, simply because of
the confusion and  arbitrariness of the choices.
Small examples...Why 0.1% Pb for electronics when the EPA allows 0.2%  for
water pipe solders? Why WEEE and then RoHS, WEEE should obviate RoHS  (certainly
seems very true for lead)

John rightfully pointed out that the EU parliament appears to  be a
bureaucracy without a country. I would add that it  appears also to have authority
without responsibility.

And so it goes...

Joe

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