Panasonic to Complete Non-Use of Specific Chemical Substances in Its Components and Materials by End of October 2005

"Panasonic, the leading brand for which Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. is well known, announced that it has completed the content analysis of specific chemical substances in the components and materials used in all its products, totaling approximately 1.32 million different items. The company has accomplished the non-use of the specific chemical substances in 96 percent of all the items at the end of March 2005. Panasonic will eliminate the use of these substances by the end of October 2005, excluding applications that are to be exempted from the RoHS directive." Source: noticias.info