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I have so much lead in my brain that

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nightdoggy

In Reply to: RE: lead free soldering and lead poisoning posted by wlee on August 06, 2007 at 07:48:02

they could not see my brain when I went in for a CAT scan.
I've been stiffing leaded since 1973.
Kinda like the smell.
And being radiation-proof.
mercury too.
Built a fort out of asbestos sheets once.
Washed my hands in the Tri-Chlor degreaser at the end of each work day.
Yours huffin',
Doggy

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RE: I have so much lead in my brain that - unclestu52 19:47:11 08/06/07 (2)
I can commiserate:
While working for the DOD I was exposed to gobs of asbestos, the worse kind: loose, airborne particles while working in the old boiler rooms, I had regular exposure to organotin, that anti fouling paint that is currently banned from being used (sure kept the barnacles off the hull, though), radiation, PCB (and not the circuit boards !). In other jobs I handled aromatic hydrocarbons (acetone and other solvents including Tri-chlor), and isocyanites.

There's a lot of dangerous stuff out there. Glad to see you made it out.

Stu
- RE: I have so much lead in my brain that - nightdoggy 11:55:52 08/07/07 (1)
  I was serious about the asbestos sheet. My best friend's dad had a lot of it when we were growing up in Portland ME. We played with mercury too.
  A few years later his dad became sick and died of asbestos-I forgot the name of the disease.
  His primary exposure came from work at the S.D. Warren Paper Co. (mill) in Westbrook, ME. His family received one of the early, huge settlements but John Bealieau was gone.
  My dad had a lung removed and was exposed to asbestos while serving on a carrier in WWII. They built the ships so fast that they did not even tape over the asbestos insulation on the pipes and everywhere else.
  I once visited the GE Capacitors plant in Fort Edward, NY for work (sales demonstration). A scientist there said he "could give a three hour dissertation on why PCBs are harmless".
  If you lived in the area between NY state and Boston, you were exposed to heavy radiation fallout from the above ground nuclear tests in the American west. I'm sure some would even dispute that.
  Our town (Yarmouth, MA) is distributing free Potassium tablets to every resident. They are to protect from radiation from the nearby Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in the event of an accident. Many activists claim that their were many radiation leaks at Pilgrim that went unreported. Pilgrim is the oldest NPP still operating. It was opened in 1954 and just got another license extention.
  I think people our age and older have been exposed to the worst in packaging materials and everything else, hopefully now banned for future generations.
  Doggy
  - RE: I have so much lead in my brain that - unclestu52 13:00:01 08/07/07 (0)
    My apologies if I seemed to ignore your comment about the asbestos 'fort'. I know very well about the exposure and use of asbestos in the 'old' days. That's why I said I'm glad to see you made it out. I saw many of my fellow workers die just before they made retirement, due to their exposure to hazardous material sometimes decades ago.
    
    Considering all the dangerous material out there, especially in the past, when long term exposure effects were not well established, it's good to see that there are some that made it through. You tend to look at life just a little differently after things like that.
    
    Stu

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