probably because they drowned some lab rats with solutions of the stuff. As we say in the health-physics business, "the devil's in the dose". If I were working in a cad plating outfit, yeah, I'd check into what is behind the IARC's somewhat arbitrary designation.
Making a small batch of cad solder at home? Reasonable basic precautions apply such as don't chew on the ingot. John On 10/28/2016 05:33 PM, Neville Michie wrote: > LD50 is not the only consideration. From Wikipedia: > > "The International Agency for Research on Cancer has classified > cadmium and cadmium compounds as carcinogenic to humans." -- John DeArmond Tellico Plains, Occupied TN http://www.tnduction.com <-- THE source for induction heaters http://www.neon-john.com <-- email from here http://www.johndearmond.com <-- Best damned Blog on the net PGP key: wwwkeys.pgp.net: BCB68D77 _______________________________________________ volt-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts and follow the instructions there.
