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Life expectancy vs Lead exposure?
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Alex Eisenhut:
Maybe if you make a smoothie out of the boards and drink one every day.

Ask yourself this.

People have been using stuff like this

for decades. There would have been something happening by now?
bjdhjy888:

--- Quote from: Gyro on August 19, 2019, 08:59:13 am ---Normal soldering temperatures are far too low to cause any lead vapour to form.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead

I just looked up the boiling point of lead on Wikipedia, where it says it's 1749 °C. Does this mean that we can only inhale lead or absorb lead through our skin when our soldering iron's tip reaches a temperature of 1749 °C?
If yes, then I feel super safe now..
 ;)
tautech:

--- Quote from: Alex Eisenhut on August 19, 2019, 11:51:38 pm ---Maybe if you make a smoothie out of the boards and drink one every day.

Ask yourself this.

People have been using stuff like this
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for decades. There would have been something happening by now?

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Yep we used to carry them around in our mouth before we knew better.  |O
james_s:

--- Quote from: Gyro on August 19, 2019, 09:56:39 pm ---
--- Quote from: james_s on August 19, 2019, 09:13:21 pm ---Leaded gasoline was probably the worst of all by a wide margin. It was atomized and spread all over the planet, during the heyday of leaded gas it was inescapable.

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From the man who also brought us CFCs! Sometimes you just can't catch a break. :palm:

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To their credit, CFCs are relatively nontoxic, nonflammable and generally inert substances. Nobody realized they would break down the ozone layer, that could have really been a disaster without modern science to detect it and determine the cause.
maginnovision:
I worked in electronics manufacturing for years using leaded processes. Never got sick or had problems and I'm an asthmatic. Only time I took precautions was cleaning dross from the wave solder machine. I'd wear a mask and gloves(mostly due to the heat). Even if you're just using a soldering iron and a fan you'll be fine. If you didn't use a fan I'd just recommend taking a break before you get a sore throat, drinking water at regular intervals, and taking a shower at the end of the day(with lots of steam) to help cough up anything you managed to get in your lungs.
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