lead paint whats bad about it?

[Zoey Dawg]

i just found out that most of the tables,doors,cabnets,chairs,and a few other things have lead paint is is saft or should i get rid of them they look nice?

[Azza ☠]

You lick and chew it like a 4 year old kid or dog would went found painted upon his/her toys (which is everything and anything), eat the paint flakes, then there's something called lead poisoning or something - I don't know, makes you want to not watch Spongebob anymore and just curl up in the corner. Keeps them quiet.

[Zennock]

Its perfect! Except for the fact that it will kill you!

[Misha Arsellec Lune]

It's actually safer to leave lead paint as is unless it starts to crack & flake. If you choose to remove it, for god's sake, get a professional.

Also, if you were sold property with lead paint WITHOUT this fact being disclosed, there are serious legal issues.

[Petsch]

Dude...you know that people have died from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_poisoning

[Zoey Dawg]

i know that i ment will it kill me if i just leve it alone?

[Petsch]

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i know that i ment will it kill me if i just leve it alone?

Maybe. You will get sick.

[Azza ☠]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από xbox king gamer:

i know that i ment will it kill me if i just leve it alone?

Touching lead paint itself isn't a real concern - the problem is it tends to flake when older and peel off. Some small children and/or pets use to consume those lead flakes as a tasty treat and so it was recalled. If it flakes off in your hand, etc - wash first before a meal.

In the day, they use to make baby/kid toys and lead paint them up, the kid would suck on it all day long and get poisoned to death.

Poisoning occurs by being inhaled, swallowed, or in a small rare few cases being absorbed through the skin.

Exposure to high lead levels in a short period of time is called acute toxicity. Lead paint isn't high enough to do this.

Exposure to small amounts of lead over a long period of time is called chronic toxicity. Lead paint can do this over time.

Many people with lead poisoning show only mild symptoms or even no symptoms at all. You need to be normally exposed for long periods to become deadly and a very young kid or extremely stupid with trying to eat the stuff. However, since it's everyday items used in the house (mainly toys where the issue) and the kids where growing up even playing with them in their mouth all day long...

[Zoey Dawg]

well i gess that its safe cause im not licking it
and its in good condion i love the way old things look so i buyed it and i i didnt know about it when i buyed them from a yard sale i bought it all for about $1290-$1400 i and they give me the paint cans so if it got scrached or came off i could fix it that was about a year ago so i and the front door is paited with lead 2 and amost all the rain and the snow toke all the paint off so i got 2 repaint it and my girl freand sayed that the lable has says lead paint then she asked me where i got it any ways i never knew that it was painted with lead.

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i know that i ment will it kill me if i just leve it alone?

Touching lead paint itself isn't a real concern - the problem is it tends to flake when older and peel off. Some small children and/or pets use to consume those lead flakes as a tasty treat and so it was recalled. If it flakes off in your hand, etc - wash first before a meal.

In the day, they use to make baby/kid toys and lead paint them up, the kid would suck on it all day long and get poisoned to death.

Poisoning occurs by being inhaled, swallowed, or in a small rare few cases being absorbed through the skin.

Exposure to high lead levels in a short period of time is called acute toxicity. Lead paint isn't high enough to do this.

Exposure to small amounts of lead over a long period of time is called chronic toxicity. Lead paint can do this over time.

Many people with lead poisoning show only mild symptoms or even no symptoms at all. You need to be normally exposed for long periods to become deadly and a very young kid or extremely stupid with trying to eat the stuff. However, since it's everyday items used in the house (mainly toys where the issue) and the kids where growing up even playing with them in their mouth all day long...

[CatPerson]

Main things: don't sand the paint (to remove it - dust=inhalant) and don't eat it. ;)

Very old houses may still have lead paint on the walls, but often with so many layers of non-lead paint painted over it, it's not really a concern, unless one has kids, or if the integrity of the paint is bad/it's something that may be damaged a lot during use, or if the lead is in something like dishware (some ceramics). eg, if you were thinking of demolishing walls in an old house, good idea to find out what type of paint is under there.

Other than that, as mentioned by the poster above, it's not that particularly deadly just to be around lead paint.

[CJHRRIHRH]

All your furniture is literally covered in poison. What could possibly be bad about that?

[Pomelo]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από CJHRRIHRH:

All your furniture is literally covered in poison. What could possibly be bad about that?

Small amounts of poison that are only poisonous if consumed. As long as the lead paint doesnt come off and finds its way into OP's body, it's not harmful.

Everything can potentially kill you, doesnt mean it actually does in its current form.

[RAT]

lol

[CJHRRIHRH]

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Small amounts of poison that are only poisonous if consumed. As long as the lead paint doesnt come off and finds its way into OP's body, it's not harmful.

Everything can potentially kill you, doesnt mean it actually does in its current form.

It could chip off and travel through the air

The only way to be safe would be to constantly check the paint to see if it has chipped. It would be far safer and easier to just get rid of it.

There's a lot that can kill you but most of it isn't toxic. Lead paint is. That's not the same as drowning in the bathtub, it can hurt you and you won't even know til it's too late.

[Zoey Dawg]

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All your furniture is literally covered in poison. What could possibly be bad about that?

not the couch the bed the selfs

[Zoey Dawg]

im just going 2 get them re painted so i can have the old style i love but my girlfrend will shut up about it lol plus it would be a waste 2 get rid of them there from the 60s and some are even from the 20s and i love them.so i will repaint them if its under a new layer of non lead paint then its safer. but i cant find the same shade of colors :(

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Main things: don't sand the paint (to remove it - dust=inhalant) and don't eat it. ;)

Very old houses may still have lead paint on the walls, but often with so many layers of non-lead paint painted over it, it's not really a concern, unless one has kids, or if the integrity of the paint is bad/it's something that may be damaged a lot during use, or if the lead is in something like dishware (some ceramics). eg, if you were thinking of demolishing walls in an old house, good idea to find out what type of paint is under there.

Other than that, as mentioned by the poster above, it's not that particularly deadly just to be around lead paint.