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>From: kehoe@netcom.com (Thomas David Kehoe)
>Subj: Is lead solder bad for me?
>Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 17:55:50 GMT
>
>Will I get lead poisoning from breathing the smoke
>from solder?  I work next to an open window, and leave
>the soldering iron on the window sill, but when I'm
>doing close soldering work, I can't avoid breathing
>the smoke form the solder.
>
>My father got lead poisoning last year when burning
>paint off his house, so I know that lead can vaporize
>in smoke.  I think his symptoms were headaches and
>dizziness.
>
>I've switched to lead-free solder, which is 97% tin and
>3% silver (available at Radio Shack).  The label still
>says to avoid breathing the smoke.  Why doesn't everyone
>use th

I had an article a long time ago that claimed a correlation between 
soldering and asthma (I'm mildly asthmatic and I do react). The 
article blamed the _flux_ and recommended ventilation, I use a small 
fan to blow the vapour away, works ok.

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>Thomas David Kehoe          kehoe@netcom.com         (408) 354-5926