Oh boy, another thing to watch out for. I've been breathing solder fumes for so many years...who knew?
What really should have killed me was spraying solvent from an air gun on tractors and other machinery to get the oil and grease off. I think I still have some in my hair almost 30 years later. Before that it was the carbon tet. We used it to clean all kinds of things. When I was a kid I had a tube of it in my chemistry set. When my Mom's roast chicken caught fire in the oven, I threw the contents on it to put it out. Worked great. No, she didn't let me eat the chicken. Of course we are not even talking about "RF exposure" like you get from climbing an AM/FM BC tower while the station is on the air to change a bulb! Then there was the time that the guys in the shop where I worked decided to save a bunch of money by using asbestos pipes that they had on hand...so what if the flanges were a little big, just chuck them in the lathe and turn them down. Life is so safe these days I will probably live another 68 years. On 12/19/2010 8:09 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: > The rules get tighter as the years wear on. Nowadays the fumes from > soldering are considered dangerous because there are lead oxide vapors in > them, and inhaling too much can lead to lead poisoning. > > Symptoms include loss of appetite, indigestion, nausea, vomiting, > constipation, headache, abdominal cramps, nervousness, and insomnia. Lead is > absorbed through the mucous membranes of the lung, stomach, or intestines > and then enters the bloodstream. > > Sheesh, and all these years I thought it was work causing those symptoms! > > Seriously, it is worth paying close attention to the toxins in our > environment. Every year there seem to be more and more of them and the > cumulative effect is not well understood. > > I don't use a ventilator hood for my route soldering, but I do position the > work so I'm alongside it, not above it, and the fumes rise up and away from > both the work and me. > > I readily handle wire solder but wash my hands as soon as I'm done. > > Ron AC7AC > > -----Original Message----- > > It seems to me that some may remember that glasses were recommended to keep > the smokin rosin from coating our eyes too? > Or, that when looking close at a soldering connection, the smoke would burn > a bit? > Flyin' solder was the least of our worries, making a good solid physical > connection properly soldered, was of prime concideration, > and one would be proud, when the connection held up under stress....even if > the stress was the result of a pair of electrolitics wired ...... in > reverse. But.. that is a story for another time. But.. the solder held. > > --... ...-- Dale - WC7S in Wy -- Vic, K2VCO Fresno CA http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
