Lead in circuit boards?

Last night I was reading a post about selling lead to hunters that reload thiere own bullets, tonight I'm reading a thread about getting lead poisioning from the small amount of lead on CB's. I've handled lead almost all my life and have never had lead poisioning. Oh yeah I'm 61 years young. Have known fishermen for many years that put lead wieghts in thiere mouths every day and have never even gotten sick from it. I'm not that they won't ever get sick from it, I'm just sayen I've never known anyone that has gotten sick from lead.

Originally Posted by happyscraper

Last night I was reading a post about selling lead to hunters that reload thiere own bullets, tonight I'm reading a thread about getting lead poisioning from the small amount of lead on CB's. I've handled lead almost all my life and have never had lead poisioning. Oh yeah I'm 61 years young. Have known fishermen for many years that put lead wieghts in thiere mouths every day and have never even gotten sick from it. I'm not that they won't ever get sick from it, I'm just sayen I've never known anyone that has gotten sick from lead.

I know what you're saying as far as not having any problems due to lead exposure. I think of my dad and grandpa and how much lead they've been exposed to over time, and they're fine.

The point is that there's a bigger push for more awareness of the potential effects of overexposure to lead (and especially when dealing with children). It doesn't affect everyone, but when it does affect someone, apparently it's pretty bad news.

Lead or no lead, gloves are absolutely the first piece of armor I wear when tearing down e-scrap....hell, if anything to protect from those **** sharp solder points!

Health effects of low dose lead exposure.

http://www.peregrinefund.org/subsite...%20Kosnett.pdf

The paper at the above link examines health effects of low dose lead exposure from game meat. Children and those with certain pre-existing conditions would be most at risk. A quote from the paper:

At the lower levels of exposure that are
prevalent today, the effects of lead may not only be
nonspecific, but also subclinical or asymptomatic.
Nevertheless, these effects, which may include hypertension,
decrement in renal function, subtle decline
in cognitive function, and adverse reproductive
function in adults, and developmental delay in
children, are of considerable public health concern.