There has been much comment about Dr Ron's article ""Repeal RoHS" Movement Emerges" in the industry mailing lists and in correspondence addressed to me personally. In the article Dr Ron states that in his opinion on the chances of RoHS (presumeably meaning the lead in solders element of RoHS) being repealed are "about as likely as me (Dr Ron) beating Tiger Woods in golf. Not impossible, but.. ". The article can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/f6g5l While never having called for a general RoHS repeal, I am and do and have called for a repeal of the lead in solders ban of that law. I have looked at the article by Dr Ron which puts forward a series of data and viewpoints on RoHS based on lead in solders and have taken the opportunity to reply to it on PCB 007 since the original publication is actually a hard copy magazine and quite honestly to comment on this in 2 to 3 months time would be pointless. My reply and commentary on the article can be found here under the title "Letter to the Editor: Dr Ron - Dust Off Your Driver! Re: "Repeal RoHS" Movement Emerges" http://tinyurl.com/joykv As I mention in my reply opinions vary..... Kind regards, John Burke --------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------