Re: safety of lead free solder

On Sat, 28 May 2005 00:49:42 +0000, Mark Zenier wrote:

> In article <j_Pke.1050$kS3.486@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Bob Eldred <nsmontassoc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>As you can see, the nay sayers and laissez-faire republicans who could give
>>a crap about health as they guzzle their six packs and puff on their
>>cigarettes are out in force poo-pooing the state of California's warnings.
>>They would rather remain ignorant than to be advised of some problems that
>>may occur in using that product. Ignorance is bliss and if anybody tries to
>>advise them, they shine it off as coming from the liberal nut cases in
>>granola land. The land of fruits, nuts, and flakes. Those warnings may be
>>overstated but, all they are, after all, are warnings to let people know
>>that there are certain chemicals involved that have caused cancer in lab
>>animals, albeit at high dose. You are free to do what you want, eat the
>>solder, breathe the fumes, whatever. But, a prudent person would take it
>>under advisement and probably use good ventillation when soldering and not
>>use it to solder water pipes or food implements without the proper non-toxic
>>and non-carcinogenic flux. It's common sense.
>
> It's not common sense to put a cancer warning on vinyl coated aluminum
> fence wire.

No, but it'll sure bring in those research grants! (of taxpayer
money, of course.)
--
The Pig Bladder from Uranus

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