Brian You know waayyy too much! All techies - have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year Graham Naisbitt On 22/12/05 11:28, "Brian Ellis" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Doug > > a) a pacemaker is in a hermetically sealed titanium case, so lead cannot > leach out (otherwise it would leach out in the implantee's body!) > b) I'm told the pacemaker I wear has no solder in it, anyway, as the > joints are all in silver-bearing conductive adhesive > c) funeral directors, undertakers, croque-morts, doctors, nurses etc. > remove all metal from cadavers, in any case, (gold teeth, amalgams > because of mercury, titanium in hip joints, jewellery etc. are all > moneyable and pacemakers are sold to developing countries for recycling > if the batteries still have some good life in them). In any case, a > pacemaker accidentally left in will explode violently during cremation, > prematurely scattering the ashes to Kingdom come and damaging the oven! > > Lugubrious thoughts for Happy Holidays! :-) > > Brian > > Douglas O. Pauls wrote: >> Which of course brings us to an interesting question. If medical devices, >> such as pacemakers remain exempt, then will a human corpse now be banned >> from being buried as he/she is now a lead bearing disposal container? >> >> Doug Pauls >> Man do I need a vacation....... >> >> >> >> >> Paula Esty >> <[log in to unmask] >> OM> To >> Sent by: TechNet [log in to unmask] >> <[log in to unmask]> cc >> >> Subject >> 12/21/2005 02:52 [TN] RoHS Category 8 & 9 Inclusion >> PM >> >> >> Please respond to >> TechNet E-Mail >> Forum >> <[log in to unmask]> >> ; Please respond >> to >> Paula Esty >> <[log in to unmask] >> OM> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> FYI - >> >> Currently Category 8 Medical Devices is excluded from the RoHS directive >> (in >> addition, category 9 Monitoring and Control Devices is also excluded). The >> Technical Adaptation Committee (TAC) issued an invitation to tender for >> technical consultants to take on the study of categories 8 & 9 and to put >> forward recommendations on whether these categories should be included >> within the scope of RoHS. The bidder selection process is now completed >> and >> the contract for review was issued to ERA Technology out of the U.K. >> http://www.era.co.uk/news/pr0516.asp >> >> ERA is Currently seeking Category 8 Medical Device and Category 9 >> Monitoring >> and Control producers and stakeholders to submit supporting information for >> why medical and Monitoring and Control products should or should not be >> added back into the directive. For further information and/or to >> participate in this, contact: Dr. Paul Goodman at ERA Technology by >> telephone : +44 (0) 1372 367221 or email: [log in to unmask] >> >> The results of ERA's review will be used by the European Commission to >> prepare a proposal to be made to the European Parliament and the Council, >> which will act in co-decision to amend the RoHs Directive. ERA would be >> pleased to hear from manufacturers, trade associations and NGOs (etc) who >> would like to contribute to this review and in particular manufacturers of >> equipment that contain restricted substances that cannot currently be >> replaced by other materials or by a design change. >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e >> To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in >> the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet >> To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to >> [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) >> To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to >> [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest >> Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives >> Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 >> for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or >> 847-615-7100 ext.2815 >> ----------------------------------------------------- >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e >> To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in >> the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet >> To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to >> [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) >> To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to >> [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest >> Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives >> Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 >> for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or >> 847-615-7100 ext.2815 >> ----------------------------------------------------- >> > > -- > ______________________________________________ > Please note new e-mail address [log in to unmask] > > --------------------------------------------------- > Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e > To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in > the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet > To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to > [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) > To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to > [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest > Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives > Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for > additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or > 847-615-7100 ext.2815 > ----------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------