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"jk" wrote in message . net...
"Dennis Brady" wrote in message om... . As was the more recent bunkum that lead heated to 800 degrees created a vapourized lead that could be inhaled. Ya gotta eat it to get into ya. Where do you get this stuff Dennis, comic books? Of course you get lead poisoning via lead fumes. That's an undisputed fact. Do you actually do much soldering without a fume mask? Are you old enough to remember auto mechanics getting lead in the bloodstream via inhaling fumes pre lead free gas? I had a mechanic friend who was afflicted twice, and had a hell of a time getting it back to normal. I had an elevated lead level, and reduced it to a normal range by wearing a fume mask. Interesting...being that lead doesn't vaporize to fumes till around 2000 degrees. The fumes from soldering are from the flux. Perhaps your elevated levels are coming from something else? Andy |
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"Andy" wrote in message om... "jk" wrote in message . net... "Dennis Brady" wrote in message om... . As was the more recent bunkum that lead heated to 800 degrees created a vapourized lead that could be inhaled. Ya gotta eat it to get into ya. Where do you get this stuff Dennis, comic books? Of course you get lead poisoning via lead fumes. That's an undisputed fact. Do you actually do much soldering without a fume mask? Are you old enough to remember auto mechanics getting lead in the bloodstream via inhaling fumes pre lead free gas? I had a mechanic friend who was afflicted twice, and had a hell of a time getting it back to normal. I had an elevated lead level, and reduced it to a normal range by wearing a fume mask. Interesting...being that lead doesn't vaporize to fumes till around 2000 degrees. The fumes from soldering are from the flux. Perhaps your elevated levels are coming from something else? Andy According to the guru at CDC...... "Their" theory is that minisicule droplets of molten lead are carried upwards in the "smoke" from the flux, similar, I guess to burning embers being carried up in the smoke of a big fire. |
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So far nobody has been able to validify that "theory". Odd, because
proving it would be as simple as collecting the vapour and measuring its lead content. It's especially odd this "theory" still floats around considering metallurgists insist it's impossible to vapourize lead at the temperatures we work at. Some myths live forever. |
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"Dennis Brady" wrote in message om... So far nobody has been able to validify that "theory". Odd, because proving it would be as simple as collecting the vapour and measuring its lead content. It's especially odd this "theory" still floats around considering metallurgists insist it's impossible to vapourize lead at the temperatures we work at. Some myths live forever. Frankly, I'd much rather put my faith in CDC's lead abatement and occupational health people than anything you have to say on the subject. These are people with a hell of a lot more education, experience, and common sense than you display. |
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y'know, i find myself answering my phone with nasty leaded fingers and
leaving it laying about the work table and then find that same phone in my living room, kitchen, etc. I have just begun including the daily cleaning of the phone in my studio to residence cleaning regimen.just a thought. m |
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"Michele Blank" wrote in message ... y'know, i find myself answering my phone with nasty leaded fingers and leaving it laying about the work table and then find that same phone in my living room, kitchen, etc. I have just begun including the daily cleaning of the phone in my studio to residence cleaning regimen.just a thought. m Are you walking back and forth from shop to house with the same shoes on? Wearing work clothes and flopping down on the bed for a snooze? |
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no. i take my flip flops off before going into the house (Hawaiian style).i
use a leather work apron, but i still change clothes.m "Moonraker" wrote in message ... "Michele Blank" wrote in message ... y'know, i find myself answering my phone with nasty leaded fingers and leaving it laying about the work table and then find that same phone in my living room, kitchen, etc. I have just begun including the daily cleaning of the phone in my studio to residence cleaning regimen.just a thought. m Are you walking back and forth from shop to house with the same shoes on? Wearing work clothes and flopping down on the bed for a snooze? |
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"Dennis Brady" wrote in message om... So far nobody has been able to validify that "theory". Odd, because proving it would be as simple as collecting the vapour and measuring its lead content. It's especially odd this "theory" still floats around considering metallurgists insist it's impossible to vapourize lead at the temperatures we work at. Some myths live forever. When I solder without a mask on, I can feel those lead fumes getting sucked up into my lungs. It's not exactly an odor, but a heavy choking quality that's hard to explain. I use wimpy fluxes, so I don't think that's the culprit. Like I said, I had elevated lead levels, until I started wearing a mask regularly, and have watched them slowly drop every year. How many of you out there actually do soldering yourselves every day without a fume mask, and have your levels checked regularly? -- JK Sinrod Sinrod Stained Glass Studios www.sinrodstudios.com Coney Island Memories www.sinrodstudios.com/coneymemories |
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You solder with flip-flops on? That oughta be cute when a big 'ol drop of
hot solder lands on your tootsies. "Michele Blank" wrote in message ... no. i take my flip flops off before going into the house (Hawaiian style).i use a leather work apron, but i still change clothes.m "Moonraker" wrote in message ... "Michele Blank" wrote in message ... y'know, i find myself answering my phone with nasty leaded fingers and leaving it laying about the work table and then find that same phone in my living room, kitchen, etc. I have just begun including the daily cleaning of the phone in my studio to residence cleaning regimen.just a thought. m Are you walking back and forth from shop to house with the same shoes on? Wearing work clothes and flopping down on the bed for a snooze? |
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yeah, i'm a great dancer. Conversely( hehe) when it does land, i can get it
off quickly, not like when it melts through the shoe and attaches itself to your skin.I actually get more burns (and cuts) in the kitchen than i do in the studio but that's another thread.m "Moonraker" wrote in message ... You solder with flip-flops on? That oughta be cute when a big 'ol drop of hot solder lands on your tootsies. "Michele Blank" wrote in message ... no. i take my flip flops off before going into the house (Hawaiian style).i use a leather work apron, but i still change clothes.m "Moonraker" wrote in message ... "Michele Blank" wrote in message ... y'know, i find myself answering my phone with nasty leaded fingers and leaving it laying about the work table and then find that same phone in my living room, kitchen, etc. I have just begun including the daily cleaning of the phone in my studio to residence cleaning regimen.just a thought. m Are you walking back and forth from shop to house with the same shoes on? Wearing work clothes and flopping down on the bed for a snooze? |
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