Hello all! Long-time follower, first-time poster.
My name is kungfoo, and I'm (historically) a software engineer out in Silicon Valley who is very much enjoying the wave of bringing Silicon back to the Valley (as the VC slogan goes). Lately I've been doing satcom stuff, and dealing with the national-security clusterduck that is security in commercial space systems (I can link a couple of our papers, and some other recommended reading if anyone cares).
Through some fault of my own, I am now in possession of a 4-month old infant, and I am somewhat paranoid about accidentally feeding the poor kiddo lead. I'm paranoid to the point where I'm considering switching to lead-free solder.
At the moment, my protocol is:
* Have a dedicated room in which the soldering happens, and don't allow the kiddo to eat the things in the poison room
* Wash my hands thoroughly (as it happens, recent pandemics have given me a good bit of practice at that skill) after soldering
However, I recently noticed that a small clipping with a dab of solder had stuck to the bottom of a board that I then brought into the on-call room. I found it, and threw it out, but I'm now somewhat worried about other such Klingons (::groan::...I know...I blame dad-dom).
I am now considering adding the following to my protocols:
* Only solder in a pair of coveralls that are removed afterwards and kept in the poison room
Even that, however, doesn't address the recently-exposed failure mode. Many online sources seem focused on exposure to flux vapor and ignore the lead contamination issue. Do any of the parents out there have any advice for a |\|008? Dave has kids, right?
Thanks,
Harrison