more from the 'Dave Plowman school' of uk.rec.audio-ism:

In article ,
Jim H wrote:
True, but there are also valid resons for it's use. My solder contains
silver because I'd rather not take a lungfull of toxic lead fumes
whenever I need a new cable.

I thought the sort of solder for electrical work that contains a small
amount of silver also contains the usual amount of lead?

My mistake. It seems all lead-free is silver, but not all silver is lead-
free.

Besides, it's the first I've heard of the lead in solder being a health
hazard under normal use. The flux, yes.

Hasn't lead got to be a dust or actually incinerated before it's a hazard
to breathe?

Not sure. I've always been tought to try not to breathe the fumes from the
standard 60/40 stuff. Would be interesting to hear if they actually are
harmful.

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