[TechAssist] Re: Lead Poisoning (solder) - Concern for us techs??
- From: "J Silverman" <greentron@xxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 15:12:58 -0500
We seem to need a little of everything so you may have to start taking a
lead supplement if you dont have any. But when we were younger tin food cans
had soldered seams, toothpaste and glue tubes were lead, paint had lead
oxide pigment, auto bodies were smoothed as new and repaired with lead, wire
and pipe and furnace insulation was asbestos, tooth fillings were mercury
and silver amalgam (a lot still are).
Jerry Silverman
Greentron Inc
4 Newland Ave
Greenville SC 29609
Fax/Phone 864 232 3889
mail to: greentron@xxxxxxx
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From: "Hoyt's TV" <hoytstv@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 2:11 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Lead Poisoning (solder) - Concern for us techs??
> I was curious about this too, because of all the hype going
> around.
> I'm 65 now and I've been soldering since I first started working
> on radios when I was about 10.
> So, about 6 years ago when I was having a physical, my doc was
> drawing blood and I asked him if he could have it checked for
> lead. He wanted to know why I wanted to know. He has known me for
> years and knows what I do for work, yet he seemed surprised that I
> wanted the test done.
>
> I told him that with all the media hype, I was curious, since I
> have been handling solder for so many years and breathing the
> fumes. I explained that I have had my fingers coated with dark
> stuff, presumably lead, many times over the years after making a
> portable solder roll to carry in the tube caddy by wrapping solder
> around the shaft of a Phillips screwdriver to form a coil of
> several layers. Also while soldering with the iron in one hand and
> the roll in the other, if I need more solder from the roll, I grab
> it with my teeth and pull.
>
> He said I had nothing to worry about, but he would have the test
> done to make me happy.
>
> He told me you don't get lead poisoning from handling it, nor do
> you get it from swallowing it or breathing the fumes. But if I was
> still concerned, I could take a teaspoon of Geritol every day, as
> the naturally occurring iron in the blood prevents it from
> absorbing lead.
>
> I guess the joke about getting a severe case of lead poisoning
> from the old .44 may be the most reliable method.
>
> My doc called a week or so later with the results of the blood
> test.
> I'm lead free.
>
>
> Russ Hoyt
> Hoyt's TV
> Exeter, NH
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Danny Garris" <dgarris@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 3:52 PM
> Subject: [TechAssist] Lead Poisoning (solder) - Concern for us techs??
>
>
> > Fellow Techs,
> >
> > Most of us use 60/40 solder everyday on our repairs. How serious an
issue
> > is
> > this "lead poisoning" issue pertaining to us techs in the tv repair
> > business?
> >
> > What are some of you fellow techs/shops using to extact the solder
fumes??
> >
> >
> > Danny Garris
> > Garris Radio & TV
> > New Bern, NC
> > Ph: (252) 638-4477
> > dgarris@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
>
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