Eu working themselves into a bansturbation frenzy

It would appear that the EU runs on the guiding principle of if it moves ban it. Original here

Proposal under way to phase out lead by 2015. Jan Kappel reports…

The European Parliament is seeking to ban the use of lead in recreational fishing equipment by 2015, writes EFTTA lobbyist Jan Kappel.

On 22 May, the Parliament voted to substantially increase an existing list of toxic substances governed by EU laws on water quality.

Parliament also voted to upgrade a number of these substances to a higher category of toxicity, which would require member states to phase-out their use of lead entirely by 2015.

The move is a step backwards from July last year, when the EU Commission did not include lead in its new measures for dealing with ‘priority’ and ‘priority hazardous’ substances.

But the European Parliament now wants to see a change to that. The Parliament suggests lead and a number of other substances to be 'subject to a review for identification as a possible "priority hazardous substance"’.

EFTTA lobbyist, Jan Kappel, said: “The Commission is requested to make a proposal to the Parliament and the Council for its final classification. If the Council agrees fully with the Parliament then EU Member States will be required to phase-out the use of lead entirely by 2015.

They really have not thought this through, lead has been used for thousands of years. Hat tip to Something fishy which has done a fine bit on the latest bit of EU rubbish.

Lead weighs in at 11.35 g/cc, (grammes per cubic centimetre)

the metals denser that this are;
various iums that no one has heard of,
mercury at 13.546 g/cc, a liquid so not much use as a weight, difficult to tie on.
uranium at 18.95 g/cc, could be a problem, have to shield it in lead.
gold at 19.32 g/cc only MPs could afford to go fishing.
so none of these seem to be a good choice, so let us look at less dense materials....
they include;
silver at 10.5 g/cc, can see a problem here.
copper at 8.96 g/cc, world shortage, will corrode in seawater, toxic to micro-organisms
iron at 7.874g/cc rusts quickly in seawater.

**Can we leave the EU now, its not any fun anymore. Not that it ever was.
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