As Mike Fenner wrote yesterday on TechNet:

There is a new EU Parliament greeting

...............May the Farce be with you.

Regards

John

-----Original Message-----
From: Leadfree [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bev Christian
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 5:32 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [LF] Thoughts on RoHS (NTC)

Amen, Oliver!
Bev
RIM

-----Original Message-----
From: Leadfree [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Oliver Betz
Sent: August 1, 2006 6:44 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [LF] Thoughts on RoHS (NTC)

Joe Fjelstad wrote:

[...]

> Curiously a new reason for maintaining RoHS has just been making the
> rounds. (New to me at least) The new argument goes like this: "RoHS
> makes electronics safer to recycle". This appears to be a  revisionist

this might be new in EU press releases, but the "Greenpeace/Exeter"
study has been published already one year ago.

Very strange that Greenpeace calls for LF soldering instead of
improving the recycling process in China and India. I guess the
latter would be much better and cheaper than LF soldering.

Oliver
--
Oliver Betz, Muenchen

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