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Why does it sound like so many people here literally eat lead solder. Practice proper lab safety for chrissakes. Wash your hands after dealing with chemicals
by mdszy 7y ago
Why does it sound like so many people here literally eat lead solder.
Practice proper lab safety for chrissakes.
Wash your hands after dealing with chemicals and/or dangerous materials, such as flux or lead. Don't let your small children near it. Don't eat or drink in the lab.
The spread of the hobby through cheap dev kits and stuff has made people ignorant to the fact that, yes, these are potentially dangerous chemicals like any other, with MSDS documentation and proper handling precautions that must be taken.
You don't get lead poisoning unless you're improperly handling the stuff. Give me a break.
Arguing that "lead free solder is better for you" is absolutely terrible. That's like saying "drinking straight bleach is better for you than drinking bleach with arsenic mixed in."
None of these should even be coming into your body in any way, shape, or form and if they are, you're doing something horribly wrong.
- cmrdporcupine 7y agoI remember seeing somewhere a video of Steve Wozniak showing off his old soldering technique, which involved holding a length of solder in his mouth so both his hands could be free... In the days before lead free solder...
- mdszy 7y agoPair of helping hands: $10 Lead poisoning: Priceless
- cmrdporcupine 7y agoFound the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJif4i9NRdI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJif4i9NRdI See him solder @ 3:08.
- yAak 7y agoMelting lead also creates lead vapor, so it doesn't require that you touch or eat it.
- mdszy 7y agoNot in any signifnicant way, no. The vapor pressure of lead is incredibly incredibly low. The vapor amounts that would be given off during normal soldering would be miniscule, and would remain incredibly close to the work. You'd basically have to shove the molten lead directly into your nose and snort it to have an effect, if any. Lead is incredibly dense. I hope it's pretty easy to understand that you have to put a whole lot of energy into it in order to actually get the particles to fly up into your nose or mouth for you to aspirate them. Much more energy than is imparted by the process of soldering.