From ???@0x000007B5 Tue Oct 10 15:26:30 2000 Path: pitt.edu!newsflash.concordia.ca!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news2.rdc2.tx.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: TheCentralScrutinizer@abcNOPAMdef.pobox.com () Newsgroups: sci.electronics.repair Subject: Re: Are circuit boards poisonous? References: Message-ID: User-Agent: slrn/0.9.6.2 (Linux) Lines: 18 Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 18:06:51 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.4.228.121 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news2.rdc2.tx.home.com 971201211 24.4.228.121 (Tue, 10 Oct 2000 11:06:51 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 11:06:51 PDT Organization: @Home Network Xref: pitt.edu sci.electronics.repair:223821 Status: N On Tue, 10 Oct 2000 08:06:47 GMT, Nicole Batchly wrote: >The other day I'd trip and fell on top of the back of the circuit board, the >part that's full of lead and very sharp, and poked myself and bled a little. >What will happen, will I be exposed to lead poisoning? My husband leave >circuit boards around here all the time and I always tell him that these >boards are poisonous and maybe cause cancers. He says that these circuits >are from Hondas and Hondas makes safe circuit boards. Should I be concerned >about lead poisoning? It starts with a slight fever and dryness of the throat. When it penetrates the red blood cells, the victim becomes dizzy begins to experience an itchy rash, then the poison goes to work on the central nervous system, severe muscle spasms followed by the inevitable grueling. At this point, the entire digestive system collapses accompanied by uncontrollable flatulence Until finally, the poor bastard is reduced to a quivering wasted piece of jelly. Oh, wait a minute; that's what bad fish did in the movie 'airplane!'.