> > > Liz. >   > If the study is right I should have died years ago, I bought and sold > more then >   > 500,000 lbs. of lead a year.   I touched every bit of this lead, > And I have a wife. >   > I also worked at a gas station in the sixties.  I was tested for > lead every year, >   > My numbers were at 5 or below.  Also, I played with mercy in high > school >   > labs.  >   >                               > Yours >                                > Mike Circle >   >   > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: egroup@... > To: LeadWorkers@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 2:12 > AM > Subject: Re: [LeadWorkers] Is full lead > paint removal the best public health policy? Article on lead & brain > cancer > > > > So what you're saying then Mike, is that, if children > are lucky enough to live with a person who is professionally trained in > OH&S to deal with lead safely and if those parents apply that > training to their renovation techniques and their parenting, and if they have > their kids routinely blood lead tested when they are little so they know that > their methods really are lead safe, then repainting over the top of the lead > paint is fine? I think that just leaves the vast majority of the population > for whom a public health policy of full paint removal is > essential! > I just received another scarey article on the impacts of > lead poisoning in workers, which adds to the argument for much better OH&S > training regarding lead. > Link to article abstract on lead and > brain cancer. > http://www.rxpgnews.com/cancer/brain/article_4897.shtml > The article begins: > People who are routinely exposed to lead on the > job are 50 percent more likely to die from brain cancer than people who are > not exposed, according to a University of Rochester Medical Center > study. > Regards > Elizabeth O'Brien >   > ----- Original Message ----- > From: michael > circle > To: LeadWorkers@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 11:10 AM > Subject: Re: [LeadWorkers] Is full lead paint removal the best > public health policy? > > > Elizabeth >   > I have rehab. Over (5) homes that had lead based paint on them, The > homes >   > were tested and found that if  the old paint is cleaned and prepped > >   > the right way the homes were safe for children including my own. >   > I find if I feed my children they do not eat the paint off the walls and > shills, >   > there fore they are safe from lead poisoning. >   >   >                                         > Mike Circle >   > > > > > > > > > > >

Lead must be ingested or inhaled..you can't get lead poisoning by touching it. Paint on homes and walls are eaten by children (chips) or they fall in the soil and contaminate the

ground water etc.  Jennifer