Is this article real or false? « on: October 20, 2015, 05:57:09 AM » Author: dor123
Link (Original hebrew article) The article gives the impression that the LED lamps emits toxic materials to the air, where in fact, their toxic materials are solid, so they can't harm to the users, but only to the landfill when they are disposed, and to the environment both during manufacturing and disposal. Several of the materials described as toxic (Copper), aren't toxic at all actually, and are very common in simple things like electric wires.
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	Re: Is this article real or false? « Reply #2 on: October 20, 2015, 06:44:24 AM » Author: dor123
I'm felt this before, but I wasn't sure if this was really the case.
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	Re: Is this article real or false? « Reply #4 on: October 20, 2015, 10:26:10 AM » Author: dor123
I don't manages to see how tactics they uses to make an article about LED lighting and the like.
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	Re: Is this article real or false? « Reply #5 on: October 20, 2015, 05:48:11 PM » Author: Medved
There really screams the order from the newspaper sales to write a "shocking article" really at any expense. From that the only questionable material there, with any electronic, is the lead. The ROHS directives have restricted it's use, but at first some uses are exempt (implantable electronic, high-rel applications; I'm not sure whether the traffic signals belong to the High rel or not here) and some time ago the exemption allowed the lighting. Ironically the article haven't mentioned the other most prominent toxines used in the past in the electronic: Mainly the halogens in the flame retardants, nearly in all plastics. But these are getting replaced as well (by some mineral filers like ground limestone or so)...
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