I suspect this is more of a recycling issue. When wiring is incinerated rather than recycled at end of life, it releases all sorts of ugly substances into the atmosphere. I seem to recall reading this as part of either a German or Swedish (Danish?) proposal. I am sorry, it has been too long since I worked this issue and I cannot at this moment recall the organization's name... Blue Angel (Blau something? German) Swedish...no solid memory of the name, but it was a website for the organization.
kyle (unemployed but hopeful to change this) ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Heald" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 4:01 PM Subject: Halogen free cables for the EU > > Does anyone know where the halogen restrictions for wire insulation in the > EU come from? I remember dealing with this issue sometime in the last few > years, but now I can't remember where the actual requirement came from. > Also, does anyone know if the Halogen restrictions only apply to, say, power > wiring - with low voltage intrasystem wiring exempt? > > Thanks, > Dave Heald > > ------------------------------------------- > 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: > Ron Pickard: [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: > http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ > Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list" ------------------------------------------- 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: Ron Pickard: [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: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"

