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Leaded solder in electronics is not a significant source of human exposure. In jewelry, maybe, but it's unusual to use it there, and in plumbing.
by kragen 2y ago
Leaded solder in electronics is not a significant source of human exposure. In jewelry, maybe, but it's unusual to use it there, and in plumbing.
- saagarjha 2y agoFor most people or specifically among those who touch electronics for a living?
- kragen 2y agoEven among those who touch electronics for a living. There are occupations that do get significant lead exposure (as the article points out), but electronics technicians have never been among them, even before fume extractors were common for soldering. Metallic lead is sufficiently hard to oxidize that even most people with lead bullets embedded in their bodies don't get lead poisoning, and, at soldering temperatures, lead's vapor pressure is not sufficient to reach a toxic dose, even taking into account lead's horrific tendency to bioaccumulate.