EU considering a ban on a type of chromium plating ......

[FROSTYBALLS]

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/chrome-plating-set-be-banned-over-cancer-concern

However, the ban is on one type of plating - hexavalent chromium - see:

https://www.magnetomagazine.com/proposed-eu-chrome-plating-ban-isnt-what-it-seems/

[Big_D]

The EU seem to want to ban everything.

100w light bulbs used too much electricity, so these were banned. Now I have to use two 60w lightbulbs to produce a similar amount of light (and I now use more electricity).

Similarly, 1600w vacuum cleaners were too powerful and not eco friendly Using too much electricity). New vacuum cleaners are all less that 900w. This means I now vacuum for twice as long to get the same results.

What's next. Is living going to be banned because we breathe out too much carbon dioxide (or is it that we breathe in too much polluted air which is bad for us). Remember, life is a terminal disease (it's also sexually transmitted).

Rant over 

[Cyker]

One of the comments in the Autocar article is gold  

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The London mayor is already asking his technical team if the ULEZ cameras could be programmed to measure the Chrome on vehicles for an additional charge on that. The science proves that Chrome causes 6000 deaths in the capital each year, probably, maybe, well it could. But consultation has revealed that taxed Chrome is far less toxic than untaxed Chrome.

 

 

 

[FROSTYBALLS]

24 minutes ago, Big_D said:

Now I have to use two 60w lightbulbs to produce a similar amount of light (and I now use more electricity).

.... or you could use one 60w and one 40w ....

[Big_D]

What if I had OCD and could bear to have two different bulbs??

[FROSTYBALLS]

19 minutes ago, Cyker said:

The London mayor is already asking his technical team if the ULEZ cameras could be programmed to measure the Chrome on vehicles for an additional charge on that.

That would really take the shine off things ...

[Big_D]

To clarify, I actually have a 25w LED light fitting, which is brilliant

[Bper]

30 minutes ago, Big_D said:

What if I had OCD and could bear to have two different bulbs??

OCD, Order Cheap Dimmer😂

[Bernard Foy]

39 minutes ago, Big_D said:

To clarify, I actually have a 25w LED light fitting, which is brilliant

So the EU actually achieved what it set out to achieve 🤪

[Big_D]

No, not really. It's because I have only one light  fitting and SWMBO liked the design.

[Haliotis]

I did a bit of electro-plating during my apprenticeship.  Chromium plating was typically flash of copper, then nickel and finally the chromium plate.   I believe it is nickel plating that has been banned, which probably makes applying the chromium inferior or even technically impractical.

Regarding (mains electric?) light bulbs, our outside front door incandescent lamp was 60 watts.  I switched to an 8 watts bulb, and now brighter and demands less power.