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In article <1992Nov18.230153.5536@u.washington.edu>, whit@carson.u.washington.edu (John Whitmore) writes:
> 	Tin is not toxic.  Tin cans for food, tin salts in toothpaste,
> and tin in approved solder for potable water (and food handling
> machinery) have been accepted for years, and there is NO indication
> that this has been an error.
  
To quote "McGraw-Hill Encylopedia of Science & Technology," 5th ed, p734:
  
"Tin metal and the simple inorganic salts of tin are nontoxic.  Tests have
shown that concentrations of tin well above allowed limits in canned goods can
be consumed without obvious adverse effects on the human system.  Some forms of
organotin compounds, on the other hand, are toxic."
 
There are compounds of tin with biocidal properties, but that is beside the
point.  Exposure to tin from soldering is not dangerous.  I am not concerned
about exposure to lead from soldering either.
 
Jeff White