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Life expectancy vs Lead exposure?

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soldar:

--- Quote from: bsfeechannel on August 19, 2019, 08:58:06 am --- Ask how many on this forum died because of the use of leaded solder.
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I died once. Then I got better.

I have been handling lead pipes, solder, etc since long before there was any conscience that lead was bad for you. I've been told it won't kill you but it will affect the brain and make you retarded. Whenever my wife points out I am doing something retarded I blame all the lead vapors I breathed in the past. If it weren't for that I'd had been like Einstein. As it is I am like a retarded Einstein, bald and fat. Probably all due to the lead I ingested some decades ago.

ataradov:
If you are doing electronics as a hobby, then really don't worry about lead exposure. It is not going to give you any issues.

I would be more worried about breathing flux fumes, especially from no-clean and active fluxes.

bob91343:
In high school I played with mercury and it definitely got into my fingers.  I have been soldering with tin-lead alloy for most of my life, including inhaling the fumes, on a regular basis.  I didn't paint much but that stuff used to contain lead.  Not to speak of the toy soldiers, etc.

I don't know if my life expectancy has been threatened but this week I will be 87 and have no obvious symptoms of poisoning from these activities.

Today's world seems very paranoid.  I try to keep it on a common sense level.  I don't eat solder or mercury, primarily because I doubt it tastes good.  A side benefit is that I am not intentionally poisoning myself.

If I die from any of this, I promise to let you all know.

soldar:
People who need to take care are those who work soldering all day in a production line. That type of thing.

Have a suction fan pulling fumes away.

dcbrown73:
Use an extraction fan when soldering and wash your hands afterwards working with electronics. 

Things not to do while soldering.

* Eat finger foods
* Bite your nails
* Lick your fingers
* Lick your butt like a dog.  (Not lead, but still gross and will make you sick)

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