Man, you're beyond ignorant:

On Saturday, April 29, 2017 at 7:53:18 PM UTC+1, Ian Field wrote:

The japs were the worst of the lot for cadmium plated fasteners.

The very toxic cadmium rubs off on your hands and is cumulative in the
body - it causes such acute osteoporosis; you can end up fracturing ribs
just by coughing.

Cadmium is not toxic. I work with it every day in watercolor and oil paint, and so do a million other artists, restorers, museum workers, mechanics, etc.

In the UK - nickel plated fasteners became fashionable about the 80s. They
didn't do much about cadmium plated chassis in electronic equipment until
RoHS.

Oh dear. Veteran and vintage car enthusiasts are closely familiar with nickel plating. Polished nickel was standard engine finish on Rolls and Bentley from the beginning, and found on much trim as well.

Cadmium is very nasty - wash your hands after handling anything plated with
it!

Rubbish. Touching cadmium is harmless. Icon painters handle pure cadmium daily (they grind it up to fine dust and mix it with linseed or poppy oil) and as a class they are known for living well beyond their allotted threescore years and ten before they go up to meet the Big Icon, so even breathing the stuff is not life threatening.

Cadmium needs to be burned at high temperature to produce cadmium oxide, which in large enough concentration can be harmful.

Andre Jute
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