From the article: "just the cost of changing to lead-free solder stands right now at $280 BILLION and climbing. That cost is borne by all of us." Suddenly, get

From the article: "just the cost of changing to lead-free solder stands right now at $280 BILLION and climbing. That cost is borne by all of us." Suddenly, getting 20, end of line, lead solder, crystal oscillators for 4.5 pence each doesn't seem like such a bargain. Surely, adequate ventilation would have been sufficient? Something like a chemistry extraction chamber?