Lead can be found in drinking water in homes whose pipes were connected with lead solder.

The number of imported cans with lead solder is unknown, but it is thought to be large.

Brass fixtures are also suspect, because lead solder may have been used to assemble them.

People who eat food from cans made with lead solder, which are manufactured outside the United States.

Do not store open cans in the refrigerator, she said, because the lead solder may gradually leach into the food.

In the 19th century, British military tinned rations used tins that were sealed with lead solder.

The report said the city should immediately prohibit the sale and manufacture of lead solder.

"In the short term, it's more expensive and more difficult to work with than lead solder," he said.

Have we an acceptable substitute for lead solder, for example?

Those operations often involved using lead solder and acid flux, which sometimes produced dangerous soldering fumes.