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- Organization: The Pennylvania State University
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 23:03:34 EST
- From: Ernie Oporto <EAO102@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Message-ID: <92322.230334EAO102@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: Is lead solder bad for me?
- References: <1992Nov17.175550.14583@netcom.com>
- Lines: 29
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- In article <1992Nov17.175550.14583@netcom.com>, kehoe@netcom.com (Thomas David
- Kehoe) says:
- >
- >Will I get lead poisoning from breathing the smoke
- >from solder? I work next to an open window, and leave
- >the soldering iron on the window sill, but when I'm
- >doing close soldering work, I can't avoid breathing
- >the smoke form the solder.
- >
- >My father got lead poisoning last year when burning
- >paint off his house, so I know that lead can vaporize
- >in smoke. I think his symptoms were headaches and
- >dizziness.
- >
- >I've switched to lead-free solder, which is 97% tin and
- >3% silver (available at Radio Shack). The label still
- >says to avoid breathing the smoke. Why doesn't everyone
- >use th
-
- Oh my God! He died while soldering and typing on the keyboard!
- Quick someone go check his dormroom. He's probably stinking up
- the place even as we read this.
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