[Ansteorra] Lead *Rant* (you may want to avert your eyes)

[Pádraig Ruad Ó Maolagáin]

My chirurgeon told me that having lead enter my body at high velocity
would definitely be bad for my health.  I don't think he was talking about
lead glazes or paints, though.

Padraig
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Marc Carlson wrote:
> This is one of my long standing pet peeves.  Is lead dangerous?  Of course
> it is.  Is our culture so hyper-paranoid about lead poisining that we
> believe that any contact with it will kill you?  Of course it is.
>
> A build up of lead is dangerous, and eating lead paint will help that
> build
> up very quickly in small children.  So will breathing in all the tons of
> lead we dumped into the air throughout the 20th century (and many
> countries
> are still doing -- the US at least cut back through emissions standards,
> although these may be being set aside in some cases - different rant).
> This
> is why people have gotten so paranoid about things like lead glazes.
> Sometimes, with very acidic materials, sugar of lead will leach into food,
> but you can usually tell from the white bits (and the taste) when that is
> happening.
>
> Of course, rather than teach people how to recognize a problem, we
> legislate
> that, and re-enforce that legislation with mythology, and -- never mind.
> It's pointless...
>
> *mutter*
>
> Marc/Diarmaid