19 Dec
2011
19 Dec
'11
3 p.m.
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 08:13:12AM -0500, Mouse wrote:
About as soluble as the lead in solder, no? Or does the presence of
the tin make the lead more soluble?
In any case, it's soluble enough to be a problem. That's why they
don't make water pipes out of lead any longer. Not much dissolves, but
it doesn't take much.
And there was a nice mystery death a couple decades back in Germany.
Man dies, the coroner finds as cause of death: chronic lead poisoning.
No obvious suspect ... finally the investigation finds the cause: habit.
Every morning, he drank a glas of water. The water pipes in the house
were lead. With the water sitting in the pipes all night, a measurable
amount of lead compounds ended up being dissolved in the first few liters
out of the faucet in the morning. Over a few years ... enough to do him in.
Kind regards,
Alex.
--
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and
looks like work." -- Thomas A. Edison
Some sayed that the lead that gets trough the bullets
of hunters and
as plummet of fishing rods into the environment is much more than
that from solder in electric waste...
Even then, that lead is not soluble.