| Psst, Do You Know What's in Your MP3 Player? |
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| Thursday, 25 August 2005 | ||
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Do You Know What's in Your MP3 Player? Electronic News - San Jose,CA,USA Even a company’s best intentions to comply with Europe’s upcoming Restriction of Hazardous Substances regulations may not be enough to guarantee that compliance. A lack of standards for gathering information combined with limited understanding of the pending rules are making it difficult to ensure that all the components used in building electronic devices will be free of such substances as lead, cadmium and mercury. And if products do show up on the market after the July 1, 2006, deadline, they could well be barred from sale in places like Europe or China. “There’s enormous room for error,” said Michael Kirschner, president of Design Chain Associates, a consulting firm that focuses on environmental issues. “We’ve seen some manufacturers supply an enormous amount of information while others supply zero or are scrambling under a mountain of requests.”
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