The Magnum wrote:
"The Radio Amateur Formerly Known As G4KFK" wrote in
message ps.com...
The Magnum wrote:
It's all down to interfering busybodies who demand that anything
considered
harmless must be curtailed. Fumes from leaded solder especially in a
confined area can be considered highly toxic and if 'sniffed in' in
large
amounts can send you loopy at best and kill you at worst.
Shirley the fumes are from the flux, not the solder?

Yes there are fumes from the flux, obviously. The lead content in the fumes
from molten solder is still toxic. It is another of the reasons (apart from
cost) that you won't find lead pipe in new houses or lead based paint.


except that there is NO LEAD CONTENT IN THE FLUX FUMES.
Lead does not vaporize until much higher temperature than soldering
temperatures...

RoHS is to address heavy metals in post-consumer waste re-entering the
environment via landfill sites.

Yes it is. But I thought the waste side of the proposal was covered by the
WEEE regulations and the RoSH covered the fact it is a Hazardous material to
use .. period.(Please excuse the crass Americanism ;o)

73'
Graham