[sdiy] Which solder is safer for home projects ?

[Rick Jansen]

> On 24 Oct 2015, at 09:38, mskala at ansuz.sooke.bc.ca wrote:
> 
> The only environmental issue there is the
> metal that may have been dissolved in the flux, and given the number of
> people here who even give serious consideration to using lead for new
> construction, I wouldn't worry too much about traces of tin, copper, and
> silver from modern water-wash solder.

Actually, I do worry. I even collect the bits of wire I cut off, also of R's, D's, etc, and blobs of solder on my workbench and keep them. When I take old electronic equipment to the disposal facility (e-waste is taken good care of here, NL), I hand in that stuff, too. 

Anything that you so not want in your own garden you cannot dump down the sink.

rick