The Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive, issued in 2003 by the European Commission, applies to electrical and electronic equipment put on the market as of July 1, 2006. Enacted to improve environmental quality, this legislation restricts the use of six substances in equipment distributed to member states of the European Union.

The directive specifies four heavy metals and two brominated flame retardants:

1.	Lead
2.	Mercury
3.	Cadmium
4.	Hexavalent Chromium
5.	Polybrominated biphenyls (PBB)
6.	Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE)

As an environmentally responsible company, Omega Engineering is committed to following the RoHS directive through continual and diligent monitoring of our vast lines of temperature, pressure, flow, pH, heater, and data acquisition products.

At this writing, the directive either does not cover or expressly excludes the products that Omega manufactures. Still, Omega realizes that customers might use our products as components in systems that would fall under the directive.

A product's RoHS status can also be verified on Omega's Web site by entering the part number into the box below. Please visit omega.com periodically to check recent additions. It is Omega's intention to monitor and update RoHS compliance status and to make the latest information readily available.