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Re: Thoughts on RoHS (NTC)
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Oliver Betz <[log in to unmask]>
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(Leadfree Electronics Assembly Forum)
Date:
Tue, 1 Aug 2006 12:43:39 +0200
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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
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Oliver Betz, Muenchen

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