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

[John Alex Hvidlykke]

Stupid regulatons indeed! Thanks for the chemical heads-up, Ian!

As a circuit bender, almost anything I build will be labelled illegal. So it
is time to stock up LDR's for a lifetime.

But perhaps there will be a marketing boon as my orchestra will be a
"gangsta"-act, using all kinds of controlled substances on stage ;-)

\John

PS. A ban on GaAs? That would be funny. Then we only need to remove those
poisonous mercury-based low energy-bulbs, and we would soon have to go back
to using kerosene lamps ;-)


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> [mailto:synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl]Pa vegne af Ian Fritz
> Sendt: 9. september 2009 11:41
> Til: David G. Dixon; 'Dan Snazelle'; synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Emne: RE: [sdiy] Eu might be banning Vactrols and LDRs??
>
>
> 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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