John let me congratulate you. Your efforts are greatly appreciated and after your success, history will remember the John who saved the day and the environment. Isn't it wrong to ban "Lead" from landfills and allow exemption for medical purposes and implant lead solder electronics in people because it is more reliable? Isn't it wrong to ban mercury from landfills and allow it to be injected in babies? Not in landfills because it may end up in our bodies, but let's implant them or inject them for medical purposes. Hmmmm, very clever? Perhaps the wrong approach? Ramon -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Burke Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 3:33 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] Due diligence on Article 5(1)(b) exemption requests for RoHS - 2004 I sent this communication to the EU commissioner , it was a little wordy (needed to be) so it bounced off some servers. You can read the letter to Stavros Dimas on the subject of exemption due diligence on the blog here http://www.RoHSUSA.com/blog you will know which one it is it is marked with the European flag.......8-) Happy Friday. John RoHSUSA Push back <http://www.rohsusa.com/> http://www.RoHSUSA.com http://www.RoHSUSA.com/blog To sign the Push back on line petition to the EU go here: http://www.petitiononline.com/RoHSUSA1/petition.html To subscribe to pushback mailing list send a blank email to : [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 -----------------------------------------------------