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RoHS Environmental Legislation Hits Hard

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European Union directive causes fundamental changes in global electrical and electronics industries.

Anne L. Fischer, Senior Editor

The mercury in one compact fluorescent lightbulb may not pose much of a health hazard, but when all electronic parts are taken as a whole across the globe, the level of hazardous materials is monumental. But now, a directive legislated by the European Union known as “Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment” (RoHS) has mandated that manufacturers restrict the use of lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in such equipment by July 1, 2006. With the clock counting down,...Read full article

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    Published: April 2005
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