<of0aaadc76.aa1cf1bf-onc1256a71.00429...@i-data.com>, k...@i-data.com inimitably wrote: >This is in the grey zone of what we normally talk about, but can anybody >tell me if there are any countries which don't allow the use of Halogens in >plastic
I don't think there is any blanket ban on halogens, since that would outlaw PVC and PTFE, among others. But halogenated flame-retardant additives are frowned on very severely in Scandinavia, and are likely to be so treated in all of Europe in the foreseeable future, even though there is some evidence that this is not totally justified. (The additives produce dioxins when incinerated, but the plastics without additive do so as well, if the incinerator is not run hot enough, which is often the case, AIUI. It wears out much quicker at 1200 C than at 1000 C.) -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. Phone +44 (0)1268 747839 Fax +44 (0)1268 777124. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Why not call a vertically- applied manulo-pedally-operated quasi-planar chernozem-penetrating and excavating implement a SPADE? ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org Dave Heald davehe...@mediaone.net For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.rcic.com/ click on "Virtual Conference Hall,"
