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Lead is still bad for your brain

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Re: Lead is still bad for your brain

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Post by totetsu »

> If you know there’s lead somewhere in your community, try to get involved and push for programs that limit its removal.

Programs that to have it removed? I think.

Also what would it be like to go through life knowing you had lead disrupting your brain.

Re: Lead is still bad for your brain

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Post by lmpdev »

damnitbuilds wrote: post #2

I live with children in a very old house. I would love to be able to measure my children's lead exposure and check things like window paint or house dust for lead content to see how big a problem there is. How do I do that?

I was working part time in copper fabrication and had some potential lead exposure

You can ask your doctor, it was just a blood test

It was free but I’m Australian

Came back zero

Re: Lead is still bad for your brain

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Post by rietta »

damnitbuilds wrote: post #2

I live with children in a very old house. I would love to be able to measure my children's lead exposure and check things like window paint or house dust for lead content to see how big a problem there is. How do I do that?

You can request blood lead labs done through your doctor. People who work in industry and competition shooters and such will get that done to track.

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Post by djohnston »

damnitbuilds wrote: post #2

I live with children in a very old house. I would love to be able to measure my children's lead exposure and check things like window paint or house dust for lead content to see how big a problem there is. How do I do that?

There are test kits for at-home usecases like paint and stuff - I think they're pretty reliable. For exposure, you can get blood tests at your GP. They might be absurdly expensive if you're in America, but maybe next time you travel to Europe you can pay privately and get a better deal.

Re: Lead is still bad for your brain

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Post by nottorp »

rietta wrote: post #5
damnitbuilds wrote: post #2

I live with children in a very old house. I would love to be able to measure my children's lead exposure and check things like window paint or house dust for lead content to see how big a problem there is. How do I do that?

You can request blood lead labs done through your doctor. People who work in industry and competition shooters and such will get that done to track.

Competition shooters? They're not likely to touch lead, unless they fatally disobey shooting range safety rules.

Now the people manufacturing the bullets for those competition shooters... they need lead tests.

Re: Lead is still bad for your brain

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Post by lionkor »

nottorp wrote: post #7
rietta wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can request blood lead labs done through your doctor. People who work in industry and competition shooters and such will get that done to track.

Competition shooters? They're not likely to touch lead, unless they fatally disobey shooting range safety rules. Now the people manufacturing the bullets for those competition shooters... they need lead tests.

Doesn't some of the lead end up in the air?

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Post by hyencomper »

damnitbuilds wrote: post #2

I live with children in a very old house. I would love to be able to measure my children's lead exposure and check things like window paint or house dust for lead content to see how big a problem there is. How do I do that?

You can buy a Lead Test Kit and check it yourself https://www.epa.gov/lead/lead-test-kits
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