To those that have assisted me with this question, THANKS. For those that missed the thread...The present proposed draft of the Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive calls for a phase out of these materials (among others) beginning in 2004. I had no idea what they were and how they were used. Now I have the impression they are used quite commonly as flame retardant additives for plastics and other resins. I am particularly interested in whether they commonly afford V0 printed circuit board materials their flame retardant qualities. It looks like they do. Interestingly I came across a web site from National Semiconductor saying they do not use these materials in their IC packaging plastics. (this in response to Dutch laws banning the stuff). See http://www.national.com/environment/certification/pbb.html
After a half day of surfing I found a very informative web site from the Bromine Science and Environmental Forum. www.bsef.com BR Lauren Crane Eaton Corporation --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected] (the list administrators).
