31 Mar
2002
31 Mar
'02
10:48 p.m.
At 02:20 AM 4/1/02 -0500, you wrote:
On Mon, 1 Apr 2002, Chad Fernandez wrote:
I've been soldering 25+ years. In my early teens, unaware of
the poisoning risk, I used my patented 3-hand technique, which
involved holding the work piece in my left hand, the soldering
iron in my right hand, and the solder bobbin in my mouth...
I did not actually put the solder in my mouth, but rather,
I bit the edge of the plastic holder. Still, that was
a very bad idea.
I should probably be screened for lead...
carlos.
--------------------------------------------------------------
Carlos E. Murillo-Sanchez carlos_murillo(a)nospammers.ieee.org
Yes, I think your right. Still, I didn't
realize that it contained such
a high percentage of lead. Me thinks, I'll be more carefull while
handleing it in the future. Lead is absorbed through the skin if I'm
not mistaken.
Even handling cool boards, pricking yourself with solder points, can be
dangerous, if you do it enough.
Peace... Sridhar 
31 Mar
31 Mar
11:33 p.m.
In message <3.0.2.32.20020401074853.00dada88(a)pop1.epm.net.co>co>, Carlos
Murillo <carlos_murillo(a)epm.net.co> writes
I did not actually put the solder in my mouth, but
rather,
I bit the edge of the plastic holder. Still, that was
a very bad idea.
I should probably be screened for lead...
30 years ago I used to use my teeth to bite through solder rather than
cutting it, but of course lead wasn't that dangerous in the '70s ;-).
I also used to like the smell of the dust from brake linings after
blowing the drums out with an air line, got my hands covered in benzene,
toluene and such things in the lab and various other things which
weren't particularly dangerous then...
--
Regards
Pete
"Time flies like an arrow and fruit flies like a banana"
8302
days inactive
8302
days old
1 comments
2 participants
participants (2)
-
carlos_murillo＠epm.net.co -
Lists＠joules.org