# Millions of rolls of solder recalled because...

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 11, 2007, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/millions-of-rolls-of-solder-recalled-because/425975 "2007-11-11T01:12:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/millions-of-rolls-of-solder-recalled-because/425975/1 "2007-11-11T01:12:57Z")

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…they contain (gasp!) lead.

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**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/millions-of-rolls-of-solder-recalled-because/425975/2 "2007-11-11T01:16:14Z")

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But the good news is that they are totally transfat-free.

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**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/millions-of-rolls-of-solder-recalled-because/425975/3 "2007-11-11T01:30:48Z")

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Sounds like someone has been swilling too much of that Dihydrogen Oxide, huh?

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**Author:** ![1010011010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ea666f/32.png) [@1010011010](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1010011010)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/millions-of-rolls-of-solder-recalled-because/425975/4 "2007-11-11T01:34:34Z")

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Oh Noes! How Am I Going To Grow My Tin Whiskers And Short Out All My Home Brew Projects?

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**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/millions-of-rolls-of-solder-recalled-because/425975/5 "2007-11-11T01:40:23Z")

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Old solders never die …

🙂

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/millions-of-rolls-of-solder-recalled-because/425975/6 "2007-11-11T03:58:40Z")

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Welders. You just can’t trust them to not put everything in their mouths.

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**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/millions-of-rolls-of-solder-recalled-because/425975/7 "2007-11-11T04:01:13Z")

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[QUOTE=KlondikeGeoff]  
…they contain (gasp!) lead.  
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Not only that, but they’re alloys, which means they aren’t pure.

Purity forever!

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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/millions-of-rolls-of-solder-recalled-because/425975/8 "2007-11-11T06:27:24Z")

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You folks do know about the [RoHS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restriction_of_Hazardous_Substances_Directive) movement, right? Chances are your solder (used for consumer products) does not contain lead any more.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/millions-of-rolls-of-solder-recalled-because/425975/9 "2007-11-11T06:32:55Z")

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It contains lead? Damn and I just ate like eight pounds worth of the stuff.

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**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/millions-of-rolls-of-solder-recalled-because/425975/10 "2007-11-11T06:34:12Z")

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I think I’ve been awake too long, because I first read the title as “Minister of rolls of solder.” Being a bit punchy, that struck me as wonderfully absurd.