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Yuan-chia Joyce Koo <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 24 Sep 2018 12:40:57 -0400
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copper inside the PCB usually does not contain lead... if you have  
screen on resistor or embedded resistor, it might contain lead (in  
glass  format).
copper  used in  PCB  are for electrical conductor  purpose,  
impurity, Pb included, will decrease conductivity... ideally, you  
want as pure as possibly, with minimum strengthening element, Pb is  
not consider as such.
IMHO.
jk
On Sep 24, 2018, at 11:42 AM, Blair Hogg wrote:

> Hello Technetters,
>
> Since now anybody and everybody can be sued in Cali if you don't  
> put a label of some kind on your products, We've been labeling just  
> about everything. I'm sure you all are doing the same, and maybe  
> have been for some time.
>
> From what I understand, the label has to state the bad stuff that  
> the product contains - lead, chromium, BPA etc.
>
> I've been told that even an RoHS compliant product should be  
> labeled for lead as there is enough lead in the copper used to make  
> the board that it will need the label. Any thoughts on this? I'm  
> aware that there can be lead internal to the components in the  
> assembly and still be RoHS compliant, which would require a label,  
> but without researching every component, there is no way to  
> determine this. If the copper in the PCB does contain lead, I don't  
> need to check the components.
>
> Thanks all,
> Blair

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