Timeline for How safe is using non-RoHS parts?
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| Oct 6, 2019 at 16:02 | comment | added | The Photon | @PeterDuniho, I'd do that on desktop, but wasn't able to select the username in the Android app. | |
| Oct 6, 2019 at 15:46 | history | removed from network questions | Nick Alexeev | ||
| Oct 6, 2019 at 14:14 | comment | added | JRE | I have been using non-RoHS parts for 40 years, and it hasn't done me any harm. See? (Joke alert.) | |
| Oct 6, 2019 at 11:47 | answer | added | fraxinus | timeline score: 4 | |
| Oct 6, 2019 at 6:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackElectronix/status/1180724531197030408 | ||
| Oct 6, 2019 at 0:50 | comment | added | Peter Duniho | @ThePhoton: if you want to write a comment to someone with a name you can't type, just select their name in browser and copy/paste. E.g.: 比尔盖子 | |
| Oct 5, 2019 at 21:07 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Oct 5, 2019 at 14:27 | comment | added | 比尔盖子 | My understand is that the main rational behind RoHS is reducing hazards associated with electronics production at industrial scale and e-Waste. During use, even in soldering, the hazardous elements, such as lead, cadmium, halogens, are relatively stable, and mostly stay inside. As long as you use common sense (e.g. always wash hands after work, don't eat or drink at your workbench, etc), you should be fine. The main health hazard is not non-RoHS parts, but the flux and its solder smoke. Ventilation is needed, a N95 mask is recommended for extended soldering. | |
| Oct 5, 2019 at 14:23 | vote | accept | Nick U. | ||
| Oct 5, 2019 at 13:36 | answer | added | Neil_UK | timeline score: 23 | |
| Oct 5, 2019 at 13:34 | comment | added | user16324 | If it was extremely hazardous, there would have been a lot of dead EEs in the 20th century, myself included. Avoid/reduce where possible, minimise or exhaust soldering fumes, keep them out of your food, and out of landfill (i.e. your grandchildren's food). IMO, use them but recognise you can't sell them. When done, take them to waste recycling who ought to know how to handle pre-ROHS. | |
| Oct 5, 2019 at 13:04 | history | asked | Nick U. | CC BY-SA 4.0 |