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Health concern

I would like to know if welding galvanized pipe is it poisonous. Is it harmful to my health.

Charles E Sartin Jr
welder - Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
2003

Yes. Please see letter 7164 or search this site.

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
2003

The American Galvanizing Association has a free preview that can be viewed on how to weld over galvanized steel. It goes into very good detail. It can be seen on the website galvanizeit.org under literature and welding galvanized steel. We have people who weld on it everyday, without incident, but they know how to work with it and are trained to do it properly.

Mike Stroia
Galvanizer/ Manufacturer - Canton, Ohio, USA
2003

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