John,
You are doing a fine job collecting and disseminating information and
prodding the RoHS committee.

I looked at your website (almost daily) and noticed the Request for
Exemptions / #16 (from Pulsar Light). They deserve support as they are
saying all the right things:
        The reduction of lead in landfills is barely noticeable. (On top of
that a lot of that lead is vitrified, like they do with some radioactive
waste, in the glass of the CRT-s.)
        The increase in pain in production is very noticeable. (Higher
temperatures = bad consequences, immediate and long term.)
        The loss in reliability is going to be one heck of a pain. (It is
already recognized as critical applications like medical, military and
aerospace are exempt!!! Lower quality of the joint and tin whiskers!)


Regards and keep up the good work,
Ahne.



-----Original Message-----
From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Burke
Sent: Tuesday, 16 May, 2006 9:34
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Subject: [TN] Latest updates on RoHS round 5 exemptions and US postal stamps

Hi all,



I sent RoHS support docs across to Europe yesterday - nice people, I sent
them at 6-30 pacific pointing out that the deadline merely said May 15th,
and they apparently accepted them.



You can view all of the exemption requests support documents that I have
submitted at this backdoor link http://www.rohsusa.com/page18.html or select
from the Exemptions menu at the main site at http://www.rohsusa.com
<http://www.rohsusa.com/>

On either method, to get to the latest submissions hit the hyperlink that is
annotated "Comments and support from RoHS USA for 9 of the exemption
applications".

Nine of the applications are supported on environmental grounds. The SWATCH
application is further supported on the tin whiskering issue. For anyone
that was concerned, all I can say having read that white paper is "be
afraid".

And yes it's true, the US postal service (Bless them) has approved the
artwork for the Pushback logo on stamps. So you can now send your letters of
protest etc using these.. You can get them from the main site at
http://www.rohsusa.com <http://rohsusa.com/>  hit the "buy Pushback stuff"
button on the main menu and take a look. Note this is going to an
environmental charity..



Have a great day.



John



http://www.RoHSUSA.com <http://www.rohsusa.com/>

http://www.RoHSEurope.com <http://www.rohseurope.com/>

http://www.RoHSAsia.com <http://www.rohsasia.com/>

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