Electronics markets in Europe and Asia Pacific are moving to control the level of hazardous substances such as lead and mercury in products, but the US market still seems reluctant to jump on the RoHS bandwagon. Europe’s RoHS rules came into force this summer and China will follow suit next March, but the end product markets in the US seems to be adopting a piecemeal approach to RoHS legislation. The latest note of concern about the level of RoHS activity in the US has come from Newark InOne, the US subsidiary of distributor Premier Farnell, which has issued a warning about the need for a RoHS-like law in the US. More