Re: gEDA-user: Tin pest

[David Griffith <dgriffi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, Dave McGuire wrote:

> On Jan 31, 2006, at 2:25 AM, Karel Kulhavy wrote:
> > What are actual health hazards of soldering with Sn-Pb solder?  Do you
> > know about suitable homemade measure to prevent Pb contamination of the
> > solderer's organism? Is there Pb in the soldering fumes?
>
>    According to a chemist friend, there is Pb in the solder fumes...but
> frankly, I'm 36 and have been soldering regularly since I was 7...if
> there was THAT much Pb in there I'd probably be dead by now.

It might be a Good Idea to have your doctor check the lead content of your
blood whenever you go in.  It's recommended for people who spend lots of
time in indoor shooting ranges, and I guess by extension people who solder
a lot.


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David Griffith
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