solder

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Over the past century, lead was used in paint, pipes, solder, and, most disastrously, automotive fuel.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2024

So from a young age, I learned how to solder motherboards and inventory microchips and would write marketing materials for COMDEX, which was the big computer trade show back then.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2024

They take weeks to prepare for, as participants source sirens online and solder speakers and amplifiers to frames that sit on cars.

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2023

Many homes built before the 1986 Safe Drinking Water Act have either lead pipes or lead solder in the plumbing systems.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 5, 2023

Remarkably, considering its startling toxicity, lead solder was not removed from American food containers until 1993.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson