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Originally Posted by dougb1946
One of the problems with lead poisoning is that it effects thinking-you may not have the ability to reason well after exposure. And of course, you become irritable. Of course, that describes most of us after age 50, but lead is a real problem. You won't notice anything different in children unless they develop tremors, because they stay the same-they just don't develop fully. Personally, I am going to blame lead poisoning for the tremor in my right hand and trigger finger.
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Lead poisoning is a real problem. If you don't recognize a problem, you can not deal with it. If you don't deal with this, it will bite your grand kids. Denial is not dealing with it. |
There is still real, honest to goodness lead water pipe in service in many of the very old buildings on the east coast of the US.
Lead was the liner for the pipe system for the Roman empire. When Rome was built, much of the channels and pipe were lead lined, and truth be told......... a good bit of it is STILL in service to this day. When exposed to oxygen; almost all alloys and metals oxidize. The oxidation is a sacrificial protective skin on the material; natures way of shielding a material so it is not dissolved too quickly. As if God was an engineer.
Lead in water lines oxidizes. And when it does, the lead is harmless. Drinking water from lead pipes, yes you should clear the first bit of water. But in the overall? The lead in the pipes is not hurting people. Simple reality vs. fear mongering.
Lead makes you dumb. Yeah, if you get a lot of lead vapor ingested, you will have damages. Inhale too much burning wood vapor, you have issues too......
The entire civilized world drank from lead pipes for over 500 YEARS. How many of the worlds' population show any signs of lead poisoning, and how many worldwide showed neurological damages that were a result of lead?
I am not saying lead is the greatest stuff ever. (Beer is.) But to say that the trace lead we are receiving in life is utterly detrimental to our health is simply not true. For the last 500 years, humans ingested, were exposed to, and absorbed far greater amounts of lead than anyone walking the earth today. And the truth is.......... they were fine.
Are there some who will have horrible reactions to lead ingestion? YES. There are people who can die from eating a peanut butter sandwich. A friggin' PEANUT can kill a person. While 99% of the world can eat peanuts and get off scott-free.
Some break out in a rash if they brush up against some materials like fiberglass cloth. But they can rub against a window with no problems. Believe it or not, they are the same material.
Factual history shows the overall lead poisoning/ lead reaction rates to be minuscule. It has been surmised that Nero was tripped out because of possible lead exposure. One can never be sure, drugs and alcohol also play major roles in space cadet behavior, as can a good bonk to the head.