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MrBungle · 8th Mar 2018, 7:09 pm

Leaded solder is banned on "wholesome" water pipes (drinking and washing water) and has been for a long time now. We honestly don't know the side effects of that yet. It takes decades to see a statistical variation in health and then that can't necessarily be tied to one improvement because we're making many of them. In the last few decades we've killed off leaded solder, leaded pipes, leaded fuels and even leaded roofing is going (because it leeches off into the drains).

Current recycling is scandalous yes, but if you look at China recently, they've just said "nope" to a lot of things. That forces us to deal with it. That is the right thing to do. Capitalism is a race to the bottom and the lowest bidder is always a convenient distance from your legislative territory.

8th Mar 2018, 7:09 pm	#15
MrBungle Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: London, UK. Posts: 3,687	Re: Availability of Leaded Solder? Leaded solder is banned on "wholesome" water pipes (drinking and washing water) and has been for a long time now. We honestly don't know the side effects of that yet. It takes decades to see a statistical variation in health and then that can't necessarily be tied to one improvement because we're making many of them. In the last few decades we've killed off leaded solder, leaded pipes, leaded fuels and even leaded roofing is going (because it leeches off into the drains). Current recycling is scandalous yes, but if you look at China recently, they've just said "nope" to a lot of things. That forces us to deal with it. That is the right thing to do. Capitalism is a race to the bottom and the lowest bidder is always a convenient distance from your legislative territory.