[Greenbuilding] Lead contamination in older porcelainest, Vol 11, Issue 41

[Ben Pratt]

I was at a yard sale today where there were lots and lots of old 
tools. A plumber was buying old solder, saying, "this is the good 
stuff...real lead".
    I asked him if he knew lead was bad for you, and he said:  "Yeah, 
but it gets covered up with mineral deposits pretty quick."
    Any truth to this?
-Ben




At 5:22 PM -0700 5/31/07, Chris Green wrote:
>JAY WALSH wrote:
>>  The threat of lead contamination from older porcelain, and 
>>porcelain fixtures,
>>  including bathtubs, is quite real.
>Thanks for the reminder. It may come as shock to you--it certainly was
>to me when I learned it--but some of the bright yellow enamels found on
>various old glazed ceramics got its' colour from one of the Uranium oxides.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Chris Green.
>
>
>
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