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Think of all the wiremen in electronics factories that use solder all day long. It may now be a little lower in lead but they can be sitting over a workbench for 8 hours a day melting a 60:40 tin:lead alloy. I don't believe they get sent for blood level checks.

Another lead story----one of my design responsibilities was for vehicle cooling systems and I once visited a truck radiator manufacturer. After assembly, the end tanks of the complete radiator were dipped in a solder bath. There were several of these, each holding many gallons of molten lead. I asked about health and safety problems. "It's really bad, we often have to move people around to reduce exposure",was the reply. "Blood lead problems" I asked? "LEAD? We don't have any lead problems, it's the flux that causes all the problems"!
Fred

25 :lol: :lol: :lol: Actually I know what 25 looks like, that's his passport photo!

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Amateurs....... I used to machine nuclear shielding!

I had 13 weeks off on full pay with high lead levels!

a friend of mine in the States,worked for a couple of years in an indoor range, no effective extraction system and predictably he fell ill with what was diagnosed as very high lead levels in his blood. had to give up the job he loved and no help from the owners of the range! no one ever warned him about lead exposure ?

I had mine checked recently as part of my annual physical. On a scale of 1-10 I came in at about 4. I shot on an indoor range in high school (.22 rifle competition) for two years with wheezy air ventilation as well as decades of shooting and not washing my hands right afterwards until the hazards of contamination was made well known so I guess my lead level is pretty good all things considered.