On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 08:40:53AM +1200, Russell McMahon wrote:
> Anyone doubting the reality of the conversion to lead free soldering
> (as many seem to do) may wish to look at this page.
> 
> Also of good value for anyone involved in the change.
> This is the page for the 10th International Conference on Lead Free
> Electronic Components and Assemblies to be held in October this year.
> Co sponsors are IPC?Association Connecting Electronics Industries and
> JEDEC?the Solid State Technology Association.
> 
> While there is no detailed technical information here, what is of
> great value is the paper titles and the fairly extensive lists of
> "what you will learn". Between them these provide a good (&
> disturbing) idea of the problems and challenges of lead free
> soldering.
> 
>        http://www.pb-free.org/

I don't doubt the movement to lead free solder, but I do wonder if it is
really necessary. Does the use of lead in solder really pose so great a risk
that we need to stop the use of it? Are the alternatives better than lead
solder? While leaded gasoline was a huge pollutant, it seems to me, that
lead solder has a much smaller risk.

I'm asking this out of ignorance and I would welcome any insight. While I
try to be environmentally friendly (ban coal fired power plants for
instance) I always think: "Is PETA (or some such organization) behind this?"

Sincerely,

Matthew.

-- 
"When we are self-indulgent and uncritical, when we confuse hopes and facts,
we slide into pseudoscience and superstition."
  -- Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World
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