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Externalities matter. Eventually that stuff is going to be handled by other people, in a year or ten or a hundred. The risk is not just to you, and is not just based on your own safety procedures.

Please stop advocating for people to use leaded solder at hackerspaces, which are generally frequented by children.

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Scale matters too. As I clearly stated, I am not making electronics at industrial scales, nor am I generating large quantities of e-waste.

As for hacker spaces, why on earth would anyone in their right mind assume that it would be ok to not wash hands, eat, drink, etc in that environment _and_ let their kids work there without the same precautions, leaded solder or no?

Regardless of how you feel on the matter, I have never been to a hackerspace where people were not eating and drinking inside.

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