Check the following URL: < http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/lif/dat/1991/en_391L0338.html > regarding EU Council Directive 91/338/EEC.
Not knowing the whole story, it is possible that Cadmium based pigments were used in the cables or a Cadmium based stabilizer was used. There have been similar issues with Lead (Pb) in PVC cables here in California. Regards, +=================================================================+ |Ronald R. Wellman |Voice : 408-345-8229 | |Agilent Technologies |FAX : 408-553-2412 | |5301 Stevens Creek Blvd., |E-Mail: ron_well...@agilent.com| |Mailstop 54L-BB |WWW : http://www.agilent.com | |Santa Clara, California 95052 USA| | +=================================================================+ | "Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age | | eighteen." - Albert Einstein | +=================================================================+ -----Original Message----- From: wmf...@aol.com [mailto:wmf...@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 3:54 AM To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: Cadmium levels? Which regulation applies in this story? How does one know if their cadmium levels are too high? What is the cadmium risk? http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20011205/tc/japan_sony_3.html Thanks Wm Flanigan Standards Engineer Ameritherm Inc 39 Main Street Scottsville, NY 14546 bflani...@ameritherm.com 1.716.889.9000 1.716.889.4030 (fx) ------------------------------------------- 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: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server. ------------------------------------------- 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: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server.
