Lisa,

G'day! ( My in laws are headed to your fantastic Country in a week.
I'm so jealous!)



That was me. My daughter Alexandra was the child that the doctors
found a Lead deposit in her left femur.
They found it when they did x-rays during her second round of
chelation in hospital. Her Lead levels were SO high that we had to use
medical intervention.

Her story and the x-ray was supposed to be included in the 2006
October issue of National Geographic photo essay by Peter Essig on
toxic enviroments around the world which included a Lead smelting town
in AUS, but they used a pathetic photo of her younger sister who also
had a measureable level of Lead, but not even close to little Alex's
levels because it made for a more sympathetic photo. The photo of my
youngest (Christine age 4 at the time) was staged. He made the her
stand next to my neighbor's house and made it look like she played in
Lead chips that has fallen from the neighbor's home.(neighbor was in
full repainting mode of his home and missed cleaning some scraps)I
thought at least THAT magazine would be ethical enough to tell the
truth and use the right kid for the photo!

I live in a Western Cleveland suburb called Lakewood. I am actually on
Lake Erie. IT is A LOT prettier than all the worldwide jokes about
Cleveland(I moved here from San Diego) I have home built in 1911.
Cleveland is home to Sherwin-Williams the largest manufacturer of
(Leaded) paints. In 1972 leaded paint was finally outlawed by the
Environmental Protection Agency. I know for a fact that most painters
still used all their Lead paint supplies until well near 1980. The
paint stocks were not thrown out, but still used until new paints were
reformulated minus the lead. Cleveland refused to join a Class Action
Lawsuit against Sherwin Williams because of politics. Cleveland has
the 3rd highest rate of Lead poisoning in the country behind New York
and Chicago. Because of how hard the local economy has hit this
region, the Mayor of Cleveland won't get involved because Sherwin
Williams employees thousands of local Clevelanders and provides pays
millions in local taxes....much more important to Mayor Frank Jackson
than a little white child in a moderately well to do suburb who had
the highest Lead levels in Cuyahoga county in 10 years in 2002 and who
was the poster child for the Cleveland Health Department's "Lead Safe
Living Campaign" in 2006...

Alex has the Lead deposit and neurological damage.


Sorry for the novel!

Alexandra in Lakewood




--- In LeadedKids@yahoogroups.com, "lisajamieferguson" <Lisajamie@...>
wrote:
>
> can't remember which message it was, but someone mentioned their
child has lead left in
> their femur. sorry to hear this.
> do u mind if i ask how you could tell this?
> many thanks, lisa in newcastle, australia.
>