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Unfortunately, the road to perdition is paved with good intentions  and it's 
sad to say, but common sense is not so common anymore. I am  confident that 
there are many folks out there paving the road who are applauding  this news.  
So it goes...
 
Joe
 
PS Steve's observations are on target. The lead acetate (aka lead  sugar) in 
paint is what make eating paint chips attractive to children. The  elimination 
of lead from gasoline and paint were two of the best solutions  to reducing 
lead in the environment. Others have  followed wanting to build on that legacy 
using assertion without proof and  conjecture rather that science or data. For 
the record, the  discovery of the fall out from lead in gasoline came when 
there was a study  done to see if there was risk from using tin-lead solder for 
canned food  lids which was shown to account for a smaller percentage than 
expected. The "no  effect" limit for lead consumption is 3 mg per person per  
week  according to "Encyclopaedia of Environmental  Agricultural Pollution and 
Its Control" By G.R. Chhatwal.  in Chapter 21 "The Impact of Inorganic Spoil 
Pollutants on Consumers" (but it  was not recommended ;-) 
 
He also pointed out lead paint  licking by animals as one of the prime 
sources and reported in the  book that higher calcium intake significantly reduced 
lead  uptake/absorption. Interestingly, most of the lead comes from the  soil 
attached to the roots eaten by grazing animals. Given the fact  that a micro 
thin layer of lead has been deposited all over the land  over for the half 
century that leaded gasoline was most common,  it reinforces the validity of the 
ban (though it is  still in use for some aviation fuel and in some less 
developed countries I  believe)
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 2/17/2009 6:12:25 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
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The kid in the  picture might accidentally eat the battery terminals. I
just had to  laugh.

http://www.startribune.com/local/39693797.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP
4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUss

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