Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] New regulations in the EC

A lot of products here have a warning like:
"This product contains lead, which is known to the state of California
to cause birth defects, cancer, etc."

Thank goodness I don't live in California :-)

Regards,
JJ

On 24-Nov-2005, at 16:36, Tony Jeffree wrote:

> Hot on the heels of the "CE" marking scheme (somewhat analogous to
> the USA's FCC in terms of the requirements it places on
> susceptibility to/generation of EMI), as of 1 July next year it will
> be illegal to "put onto the market" (i.e., manufacture & put in the
> distribution chain within the European Community) products that do
> not comply with the RoHS directives that relate to the (non-) use of
> supposedly hazardous chemicals in electronic/electrical equipment.
> The main consequence of this legislation that is of interest to the
> CNC fraternity is that lead-bearing solder is one of the materials
> that will be verboten, not only for soldering components together,
> but also for "tinning" the legs of components in manufacture, etc.

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