I read in !emc-pstc that [email protected] wrote (in <7e.1f0ba9bc.2940b666@ aol.com>) about 'Cadmium levels?', on Thu, 6 Dec 2001: >Which regulation applies in this story? How does one know if their cadmium >levels are too high? What is the cadmium risk?
The cadmium is probably in a pigment in the cable sheath: it would be astonishing if it were in the conductors. Cadmium is a cumulative toxin: it can replace zinc in some biologically-important compounds. I should think that the main risk would be to infants who might suck the cables. You can avoid cadmium by avoiding all yellow, orange and red objects, but clearly this is impracticable and unnecessary - iron-based pigments also have these colours and are toxic only in huge quantities. -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk After swimming across the Hellespont, I felt like a Hero. ------------------------------------------- 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: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: [email protected] Dave Heald [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server.
