EU intensifies crackdown on hazardous electronics

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Wide array of electronic devices and spare parts to face stringent new rules on use of heavy metals and dangerous chemicals

Thousands more electronic devices are to face stringent new rules governing their use of hazardous substances, after the European Commission today formally adopted an extension to the Restriction on Hazardous...

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