On Nov 27, 2008, at 10:11 PM, Sean Breheny wrote:

> I think maybe he was concerned about putting leaded solder in the
> hands of a small child. I don't know enough about how easy it is to
> absorb. I think it is not really a problem for an adult but it can be
> very bad for a child whose brain is still developing.

Yeah; a lot of people who did it in the last generation ended up  
becoming engineers!

Children should learn to wash their hands after handling potentially  
dangerous materials.  I'm pretty sure that's MORE than sufficient to  
deal with the dangers of solder.  (There are people who claim that the  
lead scare in paints and such was much overblown.  After all, people  
were proposing that kids were eating lead paint to cause problems, at  
a time when every automobile was spewing burnt lead products into the  
air.)

BillW

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