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Join Date: Aug 2000
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From wiki:
"Lead paint is paint containing lead, a heavy metal, that is used as pigment, with Lead chromate (PbCrO4, "chrome yellow") and lead carbonate(PbCO3, "white lead") being the most common. Lead is also added to paint to speed drying, increase durability, retain a fresh appearance, and resist moisture which causes corrosion. Paint with significant lead content is still used in industry and by the military. For example, leaded paint is sometimes used to paint roadways and parking lot lines."
Almost all paint nowadays contains lead. The only difference is that the lead content is much lower now than it used to be, but it's still there.
I believe this issue has been blown way out of proportion by the media in order to create a sensationalistic buzz.
If oyu own a house built before the mid 60's, you have lead paint all over it. Maybe many, many layers. Should you move out? tear down the house? Burn it? Make the kids go live somewhere else?
No that would be nonsense. but I'd venture to guess that kids will get exposed to substantially more lead from old houses that they will ever get from toys from China.
Onyl problem is, that doesn't make for as interesting of a story, now does it?
All we can do is to keep things in persective and not let the media brainwash us.
"The Force can have a strong influence on a weak mind." .... Obe Wan Kenobi
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