From all the responses I've read on this topic, I see lots of answers.

Some talk about the lead content in glass and others talk about lead
leaching into landfills, maybe.

Anyhow, with all of this talk about lead without any clear cut consensus
on what it does or does not do to the environment, how the heck did the EU
force the global electronics industry into a lead free situation that has
added cost to every single electronics company on the planet. Now I'm
hearing through the forum that no one is checking for lead free product
compliance. Then there's the recent thread about an official EU exemption
form being circulated, etc etc etc.

All I know is that lead-free has created havoc and confusion in trying to
build electronic assemblies.

I can no longer discern what the actual benefit from lead free in
electronics was intended to do.

Does someone have any idea where this is headed?

Bill Kasprzak

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