Hi John, Brian is also absolutely correct when he states: "... [you] claim that the IPC preached "lead-free" backed up by scientific data. They preached it to be "with it". The IPC, in fact, may have contributed largely towards helping RoHS and the present situation." I will never forget the banners and flyers for the Minneapolis IPCWorks'99 proclaiming "GET THE LEAD OUT!"—not even a "?" anywhere; certainly no ' scientific data.' The IPC jumped on the bandwagon whole hog, much to the chagrin of many of its members. Werner --------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------