Quothe SHAUN RIPLEY, from writings of Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 10:17:41PM -0700:
> I started to worry about lead paint problem when
> buying an old house. I bought a lead test kit and
Why? As long as your child is smart enough not to eat paint flakes or
lick the dust, there isn't much to worry about. People have grown up
living in houses with lead paint for many years and survived. Lead
was taken out of gasoline primarily because some inner city children
were senseless enough to eat dirt containing lead particles, etc. All
of that overprotectiveness, like required car seats, bicycle helmets,
etc. for children is just a way for certain corporations to reap large
profits with the help of the government (can you say "successful
lobbying and corrupt politicians" boys and girls?). Then some people
go looney and install outlet protectors, place child-proof locks on
cabinets, etc.
Let's see a show of hands: how many of us grew up without outlet
protectors and killed ourselves by sticking fingers and tongues into
live electrical outlets or went into cabinets under sinks and ate
cleaning products? Overprotected as children, they'll expect to
continue to be overprotected as adults, which is part of the reason
that some of us live in countries that have turned into so-called
"nanny states" with seat-belt laws, etc.
> tested the paint chips from the windows and fould them
> to be positive. Then I tested some computer boards,
> and the result was postive too. Have you ever found
Relax, don't panic. Realize that they'll get more lead exposure from
soldering or from pencils and don't waste your time worrying about it.
> white powders near solder on your vintage board? They
> are most likely lead dioxide. When you power up your
> vintage computers, some lead dust will be blown to the
> air and inhaled by your kids... Well, the last
Surely not that big a risk to them; they'll get exposed to more
dangerous substances and other problems from food; herbicides and
pesticides sprayed by you or neighbors; and schoolmates with poor
hygiene. You'd be better off worry about those real problems instead,
they're bigger problems.
> sentence is my pure imagination. Has anybody done any
> research on this issue? To be safe, I am going to
> throw most of my boards to attic, which are lying on
> the floor and accessible to my two year old daughter.
So? If she's taught to mind, she won't bother them. You want to
teach her not to touch them anyway, since she might damage them with
static electricity or otherwise break them. Anyway, you don't want
her crawling around in your computer room, electronics lab, etc. and
damaging things, do you? Just keep her out of there.
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