| For those on the frontline: has anyone been exposed to any of | these legal
| requirements? Would you mind sharing your experience(s)? | ... | 2. The State of California statue called Proposition 65 requires that | manufacturers place a warning label on the containers of | products (and the | products themselves) if they contain harmful carcinogens or chemicals, | including lead. The solder on your circuit boards constitutes | a product | with toxic exposure potential to both customers and employees. | As a resident here on the left coast I can share a personal observation. It seems like every building has (or had) a prop. 65 warning on it. Apparently there are detectable levels of listed chemicals everywhere. So most buildings are labeled. Even gas pumps are labeled. The labels were placed almost everywhere so I don't think that people pay any attention to them any more -- at least I don't notice them any longer. I don't know why signs are not posted outside of the buildings, I've heard that sunlight can cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm too. Here is a link to California's EPA page describing the law: http://www.oehha.org/prop65/p65plain.htm Here is a link to a dissenting opinion on the law. http://www.public-policy.org/~ncpa/studies/s137/s137b.html This link has some interesting (although I don't know how accurate) information regarding relative risks in the tables. Mark Werlwas Mark Werlwas Product Safety Engineer Lam Research 4650 Cushing Parkway Fremont, California 94538 --------- 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).
