Lead paint

sanders4, Jan 3, 6:45am
google will tell you that lead was the worst thing for romans, maybe we need to know just how to get it out of our poor body once it is there!
thisles5, Jan 3, 7:01am
for the first 20 years of my life all the water I consumed came through lead pipes. that was in Scotland and I think they were used, as they would expand and not burst in the freezing winters. and wonder of wonders I'm still here today.
bergkamp, Dec 31, 5:45am
Ok so i am doing some isolated areas of paint on my 1930s WB home .Scraping not sanding but still using dropsheet and PPE. when i got to thinking that the house has probably been fully repainted 5 or 6 times and countless maintenance . given that lead does not decompose this means all houses pre 1980s could potentially have its perimeter soils contaminated and no children should play in these areas . OTT?
bergkamp, Dec 31, 5:49am
Also. any neighbours over the last 80 years who have removed paint on a windy day have potentially contaminated the entire street !
ryanm2, Dec 31, 6:39am
Yes, we are all doomed.
elect70, Jan 1, 4:16am
Your all gonna die .Cow next door wanted the LL to remove all paint in case it contained lead , worried her brat could ingest it . LL told her to stop the kid eating the woodwork . Thousands & thousand of houses with lead paint still . youd need to eat kilos of it to get poisining If you'r that worried use a bag sander
zak410, Jan 1, 4:22am
"cow next door" ?
omamari, Jan 1, 6:41am
Yep, lead paint terribly dangerous. My dad started painting in 1934 at the age of 14. Lead paint killed him, died aged 87
bergkamp, Jan 1, 6:55am
i would say a million houses , not 1000s . not worried about it at all . just making the point that it is supposed to be really bad . but if it is that bad then we should all have died ages ago as the lead will be everywhere
ebygum1, Mar 23, 8:09pm
That's a bugger, cut short in his prime.