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Title: A 21st century plague - some reasons for failures/problems in electronic equipment. Why do the medical /aerospace/ nuclear and defense electronics manufacturers have an exemption to allow continued use of traditional leaded solder ?. Basically , planes falling out of the sky or nuclear reactors going critical is perhaps a bad thing. Issues surrounding the use of lead-free solder in electronics products sold in Europe since 2006, tin-pest , tin whiskers, poor solder joints and related matters.