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

[Ian Fritz]

The stupid, stupid thing here is that CdS is a tightly bonded chemical 
compound.  By this reasoning of the EU, GaAs would be poisonous, not to 
mention NaCl (table salt). Or water!!

When it came time to produce an MSDS for GaAs there was no data on 
toxicity, so the bureaucrats combined the data sheets for the two 
elements.  For years we had to ship every tiny chip of GaAs in a huge 
toxic-label box.  Eventually DoT relented with a statement that the As was 
tied up in the crystal and so didn't have to be shipped as hazardous.

But the money that was wasted on this stupidity!

And speaking of Cd, what about all the Cd plated hardware (machine screws, 
nuts, washers) that's around?  An NiCd batteries? Hope they're banned too?

Ian



At 11:13 PM 9/8/2009, David G. Dixon wrote:
> > Subject: [sdiy] Eu might be banning Vactrols and LDRs??
> >
> >
> >
> > http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=78937.0
> >
> >
> > 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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