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@... > 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")
>
>
>
>
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