The EU directive to ban hazardous materials is not for the sake of the miners. It is because of the millions of tons of discarded equipment going into land-fill sites each year. Lead and other toxins are finding their way into the water table, and potentially into human drinking water supplies. > -----Original Message----- > From: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of fabio delben > Sent: 11 May 2005 8:17 > To: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [Doepfer_a100]ROHS guideline / lead free production > > To Peter, > people died from lead-poisoning after working for years in > Ecuadorian and Canadian lead mines, which produce the lead > for some electronic chips for the computer you are using! > > Ciao > Fabio > > > achtung_999 <ernst@dendriet.nl> ha scritto: > Hey List, > > If we go into political activism mode anyway.. > I'd like to add this for the Dutch readers: 'another reason > to vote against the EU > constitution!' > > And to Peter Lacrymarum: These chips are not produced > anymore, so no one is dying for > them anymore... Think before you post! > > Greetings > > ernst > > > --- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, Florian Anwander > <Florian.Anwander@c...> > wrote: > > Hi (who ever you may be that you cannot stand with your > real name for a very dicussable > oppinion), > > > > pater lacrymarum wrote: > > > i wonder how many people died in Europe last year from > lead-poisoning > > > from their analog synthesizer modules, lol. > > I wonder how many people died from lead-poisoning after > working for years in > Ecuadorian and Canadian lead mines, which produce the lead > for some electronic chips for > some quite useless analog synths for some oversatisfied > european freaks. > > > > Best regards, Florian (who really does not like many > aspects of the european > government, but respects that they act this time according to > the principle "think global > act local") > > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Groups Links > > To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Doepfer_a100/ > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > Doepfer_a100-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms > of Service. > > > > > --------------------------------- > Nuovo Yahoo! Messenger E' molto più divertente: Audibles, > Avatar, Webcam, Giochi, Rubrica Scaricalo ora! > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > --------------------~--> > Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? > Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! > http://us.click.yahoo.com/pKxVKC/UOnJAA/n1hLAA/QnLolB/TM > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ------~-> > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > >
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RE: [Doepfer_a100]ROHS guideline / lead free production
2005-05-11 by Colin f
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