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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Lead

From: Stefan Trethan <stefan_trethan@...>
Date: 2014-07-19

Lead doesn't vaporize at soldering temperatures, you'd need 1700°C for
that, so it's unlikely.
Also, most inhaled lead (mainly from lead dust) is absorbed into the
blood, it doesn't stay in your lung.

ST

On Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 9:15 AM, Cristian crissstian@...
[Homebrew_PCBs] <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> I'm a 70 years old electronics engineer.
> I'm not a smoker, but my pulmonary X-ray image suggests to my doctor
> that I'm a smoker (darker image).
> Is that the lead vapors or what?
> If lead, is there any way to get rid of that, please?
> Cristian
>
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