[Jewelry making - Article 00262] - [Orchid] Cadmium Solder

[Catherine Ondrey]

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    The post this evening about metal fume fever

    (http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/archive/200506/msg00243.htm) 

    has me thinking about another issue that I'd really like some answers
    to. What about cadmium in solder?  I know that the majority of gold
    solders contain cadmium - but what about the silver solders? 

    I've always used the hard silver wire solder from Stuller thinking
    that it did not contain cadmium. If you look in their metals catalog,
    on page 63, they show notation next to the "Easy Wire" that notes it
    contains cadmium. Well, since I rarely use Easy, I wasn't concerned.
    I use the hard silver solder wire every single day. The other day, I
    got another package of solder and happened to look at the order
    sticker on the package. In small print it states "contains cadmium".
    This really surprised me and concerned me as I use heavy amounts of
    this and all this time, and I was under the impression that it did
    not contain cadmium - as their catalog suggests. 

    As I would much rather use solder that doesn't contain cadmium for
    my heavy production use, I contacted Rio Grande and ordered some of
    their hard silver solder wire that is cadmium free. 

    I really want to know the dangers of this chemical. I do have proper
    ventilation, but am still concerned now that I found out I've been
    using this heavily and it contained cadmium. 


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