[sdiy] Eu might be banning Vactrols and LDRs??

[Dave Kendall]

 From the diystompboxes.com thread,


<Quote>  One quip of Heinlein's I remember is that "In a mature 
society, civil servant is semantically equivalent to civil master." 
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Dave




On Sep 9, 2009, at 06:13, David G. Dixon wrote:

>> Subject: [sdiy] Eu might be banning Vactrols and LDRs??
>>
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>> http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=78937.0
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>> this is terrible news
>
>
> Yeah, cadmium and lead are very bad... IF YOU EAT THEM!  Plus, these
> components only pose a threat when they are discarded en masse, and 
> that's
> easy enough to control at the source (like pop bottles or tires, simply
> charge a deposit which is returned when the e-waste is brought to an
> approved recycling facility, where it can be safely neutralized and 
> disposed
> of... don't ban the bloody parts!!!)
>
> Why is everybody in the world so damned stupid?  Maybe it's my midlife
> crisis, but I'm really getting sick of all the stupidity.  The health 
> care
> farce in the States this summer just about pushed me over the edge.  
> Thank
> God I live in Canada!
>
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