>And on the side of my house they use lead flashing to keep out the rain
>where the joins are.  So are they going to ban this as well?  IMO this is
>far more damaging to the environment.  The rain off the roof gets washed
>into the ground.  Probably ends up in a reservoir and back in our water
>system too.  Why they should just bother with the electronic industry
>alone I don't know.

What don't you know ? There must be millions of houseowners, who are
voters, who would stuff any anti-lead-on-the-roof law down their elected
representative's throats much faster than you can read these lines. As
opposed to the high profile electronic industry, eminenly sue-able and
milk-able, especially since offshore in its majority. Plus, a really
(perceived?) step in the currently decreed 'right' direction is being
taken. That make a lot of political brownie points. It would be
interesting to express the decrease of lead in the immediate [*]
environment of civilized (?) man resulting from these measures. I don't
think that lead from electronic circuits represents the largest mass, or
the largest exposed surface of lead to be found in the immediate vicinity
of people.

Peter

[*] lead and all other 'bad' substances originate from this planet. Unless
there is a racket going on unnoticed by anyone, that smuggles lead,
cadmium, mercury and other 'nasty' substances in from outer space, it's
ALL NATURAL. Yes, people took some and roasted it with natural charcoal
fires and moved it around a little. Yes, some of that is not so healthy,
depending on where you put it, when, and for how long.

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