[TechAssist] Re: Lead Poisoning (solder) - Concern for us techs??

  • From: "J Silverman" <greentron@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 15:02:55 -0500

What about mad hatters and people that used to drink absinthe and radium
salts.
Jerry Silverman
Greentron Inc
4 Newland Ave
Greenville SC 29609
Fax/Phone 864 232 3889
mail to: greentron@xxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: "Al Gutz" <alg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 8:37 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Lead Poisoning (solder) - Concern for us techs??


> Are we not lucky that we now have governments to pass silly regulations
> to protect us from all this nasty stuff that didn't kill off people in
> the old days but now it's very dangerous.
>
> Al G
>
> Hoyt's TV wrote:
> > Don't laugh, I have actually touched asbestos and lived to tell about
it.
> > We did that a lot in high school physics class. We put a piece of
asbestos
> > on top of the Bunsen burners so the flame wouldn't break the beakers,
using
> > only our bare fingers. I even rubbed mercury onto a copper penny to make
it
> > look like a dime, using nothing but my bare fingers. When somebody
dropped a
> > mercury thermometer and broke it, we didn't run out of the school
screaming.
> > No sir, we ran toward the spot to collect the mercury for fun things,
like
> > the afore mentioned penny rubbing.
> >
> > Now I know why I decided to become a TV repairman ----- brain damage.
> >
> >
> > Russ Hoyt
> > Hoyt's TV
> > Exeter, NH
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Rochester TV" <rochester.tv@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 5:29 PM
> > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Lead Poisoning (solder) - Concern for us
techs??
> >
> >
> >
> >>hahahah
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "Hoyt's TV" <hoytstv@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 1:14 PM
> >>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Lead Poisoning (solder) - Concern for us
techs??
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>I just don't stick my nose right over it and take deep breath.
> >>>Sometimes I blow on it if it's heading for my nose.
> >>>
> >>>Russ Hoyt
> >>>Hoyt's TV
> >>>Exeter, NH
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>----- Original Message -----
> >>>From: "Leonard Caillouet" <lcaillo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 8:47 AM
> >>>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Lead Poisoning (solder) - Concern for us
> >>>techs??
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>I have been soldering for 30 years and have been tested for lead
several
> >>>>times and always the test was negative.  I think the smoke from the
> >>>>resin and contaminants is more of a hazard.  Ditto John, I just use a
> >>>>small fan.  Probaly should have an extractor but never have.
>
> >
>
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