> Children should learn to wash their hands after handling potentially
> dangerous materials.

Definitely.

> I'm pretty sure that's MORE than sufficient to
> deal with the dangers of solder.

Probably

> (There are people who claim that the
> lead scare in paints and such was much overblown.

Probably not.

There were definitely cases of lead poisoning from toys, cribs etc.
And every now and then there is a new one from very old equipment that 
people dig up from storage and reuse or refurbish.

Sanding down houses painted with lead based paint can be a life threatening 
activity. I know (one person away from direct contact) of someone who had 
their health and life utterly destroyed from doing that.

It doesn't vapouise overly well. A soldering iron is probably not going to 
raise its vapour pressure a vast amount. BUT I'm told that people who taget 
shoot regularly are at risk of lead poisoning if they don't wear suitable 
breathing protection.



   Russell

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