Gang Wiskers! A lil off topic, but sometimes fun!
Yup. Doesn't matter where you are 'investigating'. I worked 27 years as a field research biologist for several major chemical companies, getting efficacy, rate of disappearance of parent and metabolites, etc for EPA. Ask a few questions of the govt reviewer of a product registration about sampling technique, and he gives an answer which indicates that he thinks peanuts grow above ground on bushes! How do you respond to that when he is god and you have a 200 million market at stake? Really NOT too funny! Sampling methodology WAS worked out diplomatically in the end! Now I work around Arsenic Trioxide and Chromium. (go figure). Green has shifted the 60 year old perfect track record of Chromated Copper Arsonate out of the market to youse guys falling through your your rotted deck and killing yourself. Bob you gotta silence me! (smile) Or point me to a blog! Eric2 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Tracy Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 2:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Bill Guyger; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] RoHS & Tin Whiskers I just can't resist... "Nothing is too good for the taxpayer and that's usually what he gets." Bob, K5KDN -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 12:08 PM To: Bill Guyger; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Flexradio] RoHS & Tin Whiskers Well,.. we found out one thing: That is: all the brightest computer sutdents at college that that now write programs for Flex radio, played hookie from Chemistry Class!! Most heavey metals at that end of the Periodic table are in fact VERY posionious, with the exception of Gold. But you come in contact with them every day in your life and handle these compounds all the time. For example Chromium is a deadly poision, but it is 16% of the knife and "stainless steel fork" that you ate breakfast with this morning. But it did not seem to hurt you. The reason is that the the metal was not in a *chemical form" that was water soluable, therfore entry into your body was not possible. However, if the chemical is "compounded" in the correct salt or other form, it will most certainly do you great harm. It's sort of a chemistry "magic trick", but you have to be careful how far you push it. As to regulation of chemistry by governments, well, don't get me started there. It's 99 % politics, and 1% chemistry. Just enough chenistry thrown in there to mank it sound to the general public like it is all "justified" and in their best interests. One of their big games is to lower the threshhold of "permissible levels" so low that it allows them to play any sort of "hokus-pokus" they want with the numbers and therefore their dept budgets to pursue "the great evils". For example, In Souther California, there is an agency that is sending teams of testers from their dept all over to "test" water wells for "perchlorates". They do not even specify what perchlorate they are after (Potassium, Sodium, etc..).. they just got the idea that "percholorate in any form are "evil" and must be stamped out. They have the regulatory power to shut down city water wells, and have already closed many of them. They list as the threshold is 1/2 part per billion. That is the equivilant of tossing 1/4 tsp of perchlorate into the average family swimming pool (abt 20,000 gallons).. FYI perchlorates are naturally occuring and very similiar to ordinary table salt. You can mix a tablespoon or two in a glass of water and drink it down, it is harmless. Of course, if you did that, you might have the runs for a day, but you would otherwise be OK. The whole thing is a sham, but heh, it's YOUR GOVERNMENT AT WORK !!! -Dan K6KDK _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
