After 20+ years in this line of work I have had my blood tested for lead
and other heavy metals. Results came back with no detectable levels.
What a relief. The main danger is not from the metal solid but from vapours.

Cheers.

Nino.

Wagner Lipnharski wrote:

> Hi, at any industry where employees should contact solder material, gloves
> is a must to avoid lead contact. Considering 8 hours a day contact with
> such solder material, it is a least precaution to have.
>
> But lets talk about you and me, home hobby electronics, where you can not
> account with certain numbers how many hours in your life you already hold a
> solder wire, direct contact with lead.
>
> Suppose you have 40 years old, dealing with solder since 15. That's 25
> years, 6 thousand days (considering only 70% of the time) of lead contact,
> imagine you hold the solder wire for 10 minutes a day, that's an incredible
> time of 60 thousand minutes you kept holding a lead wire on your hands.
> One thousand hours, or the equivalent of 41 days. Imagine you wrap a solder
> wire in your hand, and leave there for 41 days.
>
> How much lead poison did you acquire already?
>
> Is there any way to measure it?  to evaluate how much damage it can made
> already?
> Is there any way to clean this up from the body?
>
> I think it is a good discussion point.
> What kind of easy use gloves we can use to avoid lead contact.
> Regular and simple cloth gloves are enough?
>
> I think that the only gloves you WILL use at home is the one that is easy
> to vest, not a pain in the neck as the doctor's gloves, but some that will
> not pester you when dealing with small components.
>
> What about using some kind of conduit to hold the solder wire?
>
> What is the real danger here?
>
> Wagner.
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