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Lead is harmful to touch and absorb into your skin, so unless you're counting the PPMs coming off into your skin, you're wrong.
by ta999999171 7y ago
Lead is harmful to touch and absorb into your skin, so unless you're counting the PPMs coming off into your skin, you're wrong.
- somehnguy 7y agoAnd yet everyone with a hobby that involves soldering in any capacity does it without gloves. Because it doesn't absorb into your skin that way. Otherwise we would all be going insane.
- IshKebab 7y agoYou misread. I didn't say it isn't harmful to touch. I said that isn't the reason it was restricted. In any case it is safe to touch, despite the people downvoting me: https://www.quora.com/How-dangerous-is-it-to-hold-a-block-of-lead-in-your-hand https://www.quora.com/How-dangerous-is-it-to-hold-a-block-of...