question about toxicity of cb?

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well its has simple as this. I found my old computer and i opened it up to see whats inside (my first time doing this) and i took it apart and started to destroy it for fun. Haha I know it sounds stupid (I'm 15 years old, so its ok to be a little dumb at my age haha) so anyways, I was hitting an old computer circuit board with a hammer and i did not realize there was lead in the solder. Do you think that this could be harmful for health? By having the lead brought up in the air and breathing it in or something?

Please note, the circuit board did not break, nor did it crack. i was simply hitting it with a
.5 pound hammer and then i realized there was mercury in the thick monitor and i started to research and see if there was harmful things in circuit boards. After that i stopped and the circuit board didn't even crack or break (It was a little, scrawny hammer.)

so basically i'm asking if hitting an old circuit board with a hammer would cause led to be brought up in the air.
 
There i no reason t be afraid for you health. The lead won't be dangerous nor toxic in that kind of situation.
It would only be dangerous if you spent 20 years of your life doing that, or if you ingested it in yourwater, or that kind of stuff.
The amount of lead necessary for toxicity is somewhat high, and won't be brought up in the air just by hitting it.
A lot of everyday-use things have pats with lead andit doesn't make them dangerous.

Basically, no, it's not dangerous to o what you did. You can even crush and burn the motherboard and the lead would still not be dangerous.