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Something new I learned this week: anti-fouling (boat) paints do not have ANY limits on their lead content. In fact, historically, red lead primer was used on them, which contains… wait for it… a whopping 80% lead! Yeah so remember how we all thought lead paint was banned? Well, surprise! That’s was only residential paints. […]

I was chatting with a friend about her high power bill. I asked if maybe her water cylinder was set too high… Friend: Yes! It’s so hot the kids can just use the hot water straight from the tap to cook their nood—- Me: Whoa wait, what?! Nooo you gotta stop that. This is what

Windows like these are one way my son was poisoned by lead. I didn’t know at the time but have since learned that pure lead (like in the cames of leadlight and stained glass windows) create extreme amounts of lead dust. No movement or touching is required. It just rains down onto windowsills, curtains, carpets,

It’s that time of year again, when people start complaining about their dogs being terrorised by fireworks. But there’s actually another reason everyone should be upset about fireworks: They are terrible for air quality- full of metals and carcinogens, creating hazardous air pollution that contributes to lifelong health problems. And yes, they can contain lead

School holidays! I hope you are enjoying (or at least surviving) them! Seems like a good time to talk about lead in tourist attractions. Our family has taken very few holidays, but when we have I’ve spotted some seriously leaded things. Sometimes I’ve said something, sometimes not. I’m curious if you guys have experienced this

Link to more info here: https://www.dailysabah.com/life/health/lead-poisoning-linked-to-5m-annual-deaths-in-shocking-study?fbclid=IwAR3pwVZS3zoiBiGYENt0X6-bKodVFRALx3siZNJ1KGYmbjtPZwLXYpAX5tY

Since I’ve got grumpy men on my mind… I always think about this research when ornery old (mostly) men get all snippy about lead. You know, the whole “What are you freaking out about, we used to chew on lead for breakfast! And I turned out FINE!” gaslighting thing. I’m sure you’ve got one in

Ugh. Seriously. The lead concerns are NEVER ENDING in our house. If you know my background, we spent years and incredible stress to renovate the lead hazards in our house. Then we worked our butts off and spent months and thousands of dollars to deal with the contaminated soil. So last week we had some

Ive just left the Wasteminz Residential Lead conference, where I’ve spent the last two days with THE PEOPLE who care about reducing New Zealander’s exposure to lead. I’ve made some great connections. I’ve heard some awesome talks. I presented yesterday about my story and some of your stories. We started something here that I really

Everybody seems to asking about Temu, since they are bombarding everyone with ads on every platform. So I just wanted to put out a warning to beware buying toys and kids products from sites like this. And that includes Wish, Aliexpress and Amazon too. Sites like this have zero accountability and can skirt children’s safety