Consultation outcome

The use of lead and cadmium in ion selective electrodes

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 2 November 2022
• Last updated: 7 March 2023 — See all updates

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

This consultation has concluded

Detail of outcome

The consultation was open for 6 weeks from 2 November 2022 until 14 December 2022. Defra officials made stakeholders aware of the consultation prior to its publication. However, there were no responses to the consultation.

Therefore, the technical consultants assessing the application for this exemption will take into account the fact that no objections have been raised to the exemption despite a public consultation.

The determination of this exemption has not yet been made. It will be made by the Secretary of State when the technical evaluation is complete.

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Original consultation

Summary

Seeking your views on an application to exempt the use of lead and cadmium in ion selective electrodes from the RoHS Regulations.

This consultation was held on another website.

This consultation ran from
11am on 2 November 2022 to 11:45pm on 14 December 2022

Consultation description

We want your views on an application to exempt the use of lead and cadmium in ion selective electrodes, including glass pH electrodes, from the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (RoHS) Regulations.

We want to know about any risks to health and the environment that using lead and cadmium in these electrodes involves. We are also interested to know if there are any other less hazardous alternatives to lead and cadmium that could be used in the electrodes.

Published 2 November 2022
Last updated 7 March 2023 + show all updates

1. 7 March 2023

   We added the government's response to the consultation.

2. 2 November 2022

   First published.