That story put a rodent in the RoHS policy, which only leaves HS, a lot
of it ( think waste deposits from football team Mascot ).
Dewey

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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of R Sedlak
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 1:06 PM
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Subject: [TN] NTC Get the Lead Out

Technet:

There is an incredibly interesting story, which might help our cause in
eliminating this lead issue, and I have a paper copy of this story, but
do not have it electronically.   I offer to fax/mail to any interested
parties.

The story was published in the Nov. 25 1991 issue of the New Yorker
magazine, and it a story about Aspen Colorado.   Apparently Aspen is
built on mine tailiings from the 1800's, and has extremely high lead
levels in the soils.   This came to the attention of the EPA, who was
planning to turn the town into a Superfund site, and make everyone
leave... they did not understand who they were taking on.

The town filed suit to halt the EPA for a year, then they found a test
lab, took some high lead soil samples, and ground up the soil, and mixed
it with rat food.  They got two groups of rats, fed one the normal rat
food, and the other the rat food laced with ground soil.  After a year,
they sacrificed the rats (DON"T TELL PETA!)  and analyzed various parts
of their bodies for lead...

There was no more lead in the group fed the ground up soils than in the
control group!

The lead was not "bio-available", and was simply excreted.    The EPA
packed up their tents, and got outta town...

An amazing story...

Rudy Sedlak
RD Chemical Company


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