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, [log in to unmask] writes: 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 --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ----------------------------------------------------- **************You can't always choose whom you love, but you can choose how to find them. Start with AOL Personals. (http://personals.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntuslove00000002) --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------