Some aspects of RoHS are good, and some aren't. It annoys me to buy products that contain the California warning about lead. Power cords, brass plumbing fixtures, ...You make good points.
Toyota's unintended acceleration problem was traced to tin whiskers by NASA. That cost dozens of deaths and injuries. Before the EU ban on leaded solder, it was known that tin whiskers were mitigated by adding lead to tin solder.
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