Ever heard of 'RoHS'?

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Electronics exporters to EU stare at a RoHS block
Rediff.com, New Delhi | November 30, 2004 09:27
Ever heard of RoHS?
Well, those exporting or planning to export electronic items to the European Union had better....
[RoHS stands for restrictions of the use of hazardous substances]
...Products sold from [July 2006] on in the EU will not be allowed to contain more than 0.1 per cent lead, mercury, chromium VI, polybrominated biphenyls, polybrominated diphenyl ethers and 0.01 per cent cadmium..... countries exporting electronics and IT hardware products to the EU will also have their products rejected, if they do not comply with the standards. As the leading electronics component manufacturer, Japan has already started modifying its processes to manufacture lead-free products....