On 19 Mar 99 at 8:56, Stephen R. Gregory wrote: > While at the conference the feeling I got from everyone was this is > something that's being shoved down our throats whether we like it or > not, and that one would be foolish to ignore the handwriting on the > wall. The one thing that concerns me, is that this all started out > with the noble purpose of saving the planet from the toxics of lead, > but there are studies, one of them published in the Expo's > proceedings by Edwin B. Smith and L. Kristine Swanger of K*Tec > Electronics, that the alternatives are JUST as toxic as lead to the > environment...not to mention all the technical issues as mentioned > in all the communications in this very thread. just think about SnCuXX solder: Pb in a landfill does nearly not dissolve in rain water. Copper does. Cu ions are highly toxic. Need to say more? Regards Matthias Mansfeld ----------------------------------------------- Matthias Mansfeld Elektronik * Printed Circuit Board Design and Assembly Am Langhoelzl 11, D-85540 Haar, GERMANY Phone: +49-89-4620 0937, Fax: +49-89-4620 0938 E-Mail: [log in to unmask] Internet: http://www.mansfeld-elektronik.de ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ################################################################ To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet ################################################################ Please visit IPC's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################