BRUSSELS: Alexander Just, a European Union archivist, may not be a coffee connoisseur. But the espresso from a new, state-of-the-art Italian machine at his office tasted strange enough that he was willing to shell out €70 from his own pocket to have it tested. The findings? Astronomically high levels of nickel and elevated amounts of lead. Enough for the European Commission to pull the plug on all 20 of the machines - installed in January at a cost of about €5,000, or $6,350, each. Soon the machines may be removed from the upper floors of the iconic Berlaymont, the building in Brussels where top European Commission officials have their offices. There has been no evidence of anyone getting sick, but the problem is likely to give ammunition to EU critics who complain about excessive spending in Brussels - and trouble the commissioners themselves, who now may have to line up in the cafeterias with thousands of less lofty bureaucrats to get a cup of coffee. A commission spokesman said it was "premature" to comment on whether the EU would need to ask for its money back - a sum amounting to about €100,000. The brouhaha has already degenerated into a court battle involving the Belgian authorities, who issued a Europe-wide health alert in November, and the manufacturer, Cimbali, which said its machines were not to blame.
BRUSSELS: Alexander Just, a European Union archivist, may not be a coffee connoisseur. But the espresso from a new, state-of-the-art Italian machine at his office tasted strange enough that he was willing to shell out €70 from his own pocket to have it tested.
The findings? Astronomically high levels of nickel and elevated amounts of lead. Enough for the European Commission to pull the plug on all 20 of the machines - installed in January at a cost of about €5,000, or $6,350, each.
Soon the machines may be removed from the upper floors of the iconic Berlaymont, the building in Brussels where top European Commission officials have their offices.
There has been no evidence of anyone getting sick, but the problem is likely to give ammunition to EU critics who complain about excessive spending in Brussels - and trouble the commissioners themselves, who now may have to line up in the cafeterias with thousands of less lofty bureaucrats to get a cup of coffee.
A commission spokesman said it was "premature" to comment on whether the EU would need to ask for its money back - a sum amounting to about €100,000. The brouhaha has already degenerated into a court battle involving the Belgian authorities, who issued a Europe-wide health alert in November, and the manufacturer, Cimbali, which said its machines were not to blame.
It sounds very odd that just these machines have the high amounts of contaminant. keep to the Fen Causeway
Cimbali has certified its factory production processes according to ISO 9001 standards. Its products are accredited by major international organizations including TUV and UL. Furthermore they comply with the most rigorous international hygiene and sanitation authorities including NSF and ETL. The Cimbali product range is RoHS compliant. Moreover, the company is in process of certifying its environmental management system to ISO 14001 standards. Cimbali - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cimbali - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
i'm amazed that China is not mentioned once in the article nor in the Wikipedia entry. Truth unfolds in time through a communal process.
Sure, it's state of the art . . . but damn . . .
[On seeing the UFO in the Area51 secret government lab] President Thomas Whitmore: I don't understand, where does all this come from? How do you get funding for something like this? Julius Levinson: You don't actually think they spend $20,000.00 on a hammer, $30,000.00 on a toilet seat do you?
President Thomas Whitmore: I don't understand, where does all this come from? How do you get funding for something like this?
Julius Levinson: You don't actually think they spend $20,000.00 on a hammer, $30,000.00 on a toilet seat do you?
Where are we hiding our UFO ? keep to the Fen Causeway
It's the last place on Earth conspiracy theorists would expect to find a crashed UFO research facility.
Obviously there's a story we're not being told here.
