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Psst, Do You Know What's in Your MP3 Player? |
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Thursday, 25 August 2005 |
Psst,
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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