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Really RS Components, I am not allowed to order solder anymore??

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G7PSK:

--- Quote from: Yansi on February 10, 2021, 11:55:25 am ---And you're not even living in EU... those fuckturd want to even ban lead ammunition. (To be replaced by much more dangerous steel one)

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The British army were considering banning lead 20 years ago due to it beeing "hazedous to health" Like it made much difference to you when travelling through you at supersonic speeds.

magic:
IIRC this particular ban was enacted (3 years ago :P) because some overzealous Swedish politician couldn't live with the cognitive dissonance that the EU has some general policy somewhere of banning sales of any teratogens to consumers and lead is a known teratogen. So its nothing really serious and without any explicit aim.

As others remarked, plenty of lead in all forms is still available on auction sites because nobody cares. If there is something that the EUSSR actually genuinely really seriously cares about, like nitric acid, rest assured you won't find it on auction sites.

Monkeh:

--- Quote from: G7PSK on February 11, 2021, 06:01:50 pm ---
--- Quote from: Yansi on February 10, 2021, 11:55:25 am ---And you're not even living in EU... those fuckturd want to even ban lead ammunition. (To be replaced by much more dangerous steel one)

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The British army were considering banning lead 20 years ago due to it beeing "hazedous to health" Like it made much difference to you when travelling through you at supersonic speeds.

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Actually the concern in that regard is lead dust on indoor ranges. Adequate ventilation is a sufficient solution, however.

tooki:

--- Quote from: woody on February 11, 2021, 04:13:02 pm ---
--- Quote from: S. Petrukhin on February 11, 2021, 03:36:38 pm ---The human body is a fairly stable and protected system, capable of recovery within certain limits. Therefore, playing at home with a solder coil can be completely safe, but a nearby factory that regularly exudes pollution for a long time is a problem.

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If i am not mistaken the whole anti-lead-solder policy is not meant to protect the people using it; it is primarily meant to prevent lead entering the environment when the devices in which it is used are scrapped and / or burned. But I could be wrong  :)

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Two regulations are at work:
RoHS (which required lead solder to be eliminated from new products) is about environmental protection.
REACH (which restricts the sale of lead solder to consumers) is about consumer safety.

magic:
And neither applies to this case. Or maybe REACH does, I don't remember. It's not RoHS related, at any rate.

Yeah, sorry, it's REACH indeed.
https://ila-reach.org/2018/01/new-restrictions-and-labelling-requirements-affect-lead-from-march-1-2018/

Not sure how it applies to customers from Australia, I think it isn't supposed to :-//

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