vintage computers and lead poisoning?

From: Joe R. <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Thu Jun 3 16:11:44 2004

At 04:08 PM 6/3/04 -0400, you wrote:
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>From: "R. D. Davis" <rdd_at_rddavis.org>
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>Subject: Re: vintage computers and lead poisoning?
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>> 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.
>>
>
>Pencils?

  Pencils used lead in the time of the Romans. Some people haven't caught
onto the fact that pencils now use graphite and have for the last 200 years
or more.

    Joe
Received on Thu Jun 03 2004 - 16:11:44 BST