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Pull your head out of the sand

Posted By: SVP Neon Equipment
Date: Saturday, 18 February 2012, at 1:19 a.m.

In Response To: Re: school me on lead free (John Anderson)


If you believe the face value of a corporate press release by a union controlled company, you are extremely naive.

Mark

> Just to be clear, there is no ban on lead
> glass. And you can still buy it if you can
> find it. You could even commission a Chinese
> factory to produce whatever you wanted.
> There is no ban on manufacture, sale, or
> importation of lead glass tubing for
> lighting.

> Phillips closed the Danville plant because
> of a corporate decision based on the market
> - not environmental laws or
> liberal/conservative ideology. It was an old
> factory, and the only one produce lead neon
> glass in the US. The market for lead glass
> has shrunk considerably not only because of
> the florescent industry's move away from it,
> but the big decline in neon tubing sales.

>
> http://articles.centralkynews.com/2010-11-06/amnews/24938855_1_plant-philips-employees-products


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