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minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoLead paint is encapsulated and not going to enter your body. Which houses have lead pipes? Even the houses I’ve lived in over 100 years old have all had complete copper plumbing.
minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·3 days agoLead paint is not going to enter my body, but that’s because I very rarely put unknown things in my mouth. Toddlers operate differently
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoIf you’re in a contaminated area, you’re contaminated. Hopefully not enough to make a difference if you don’t eat paint chips. But smaller chips are part of the dust that gets everywhere. Chips and stripped paint is part of the soil that may be pulled up into any vegetables grown in that soil. heavy metals bioaccumulate so even small exposures over enough time can add up to a problem it’s not just lead, mercury is notorious for bioaccumulating up the food chains for many seafoods
minus-squareSeleni@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoMost schools do. And Trump just axed the program trying to replace them all.
minus-squareDrusas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agohttps://www.nrdc.org/resources/lead-pipes-are-widespread-and-used-every-state
Lead paint is encapsulated and not going to enter your body. Which houses have lead pipes? Even the houses I’ve lived in over 100 years old have all had complete copper plumbing.
Lead paint is not going to enter my body, but that’s because I very rarely put unknown things in my mouth. Toddlers operate differently
If you’re in a contaminated area, you’re contaminated. Hopefully not enough to make a difference if you don’t eat paint chips.
Most schools do. And Trump just axed the program trying to replace them all.
https://www.nrdc.org/resources/lead-pipes-are-widespread-and-used-every-state