[at-l] Informal poll - fate of Scott Farm

[lwbooher@halifax.com (Leslie Booher)]

But is the lead paint on the inside, too?  If it is, then siding won't help.
We lived in one town where a tornado had nearly wiped the town away.  The
people at the church kept complaining that, since the tornado, the paint
wouldn't stay on the church.  It happened that the tornado had coincided
with the new laws about not allowing lead in paint anymore.  Lead based
paint stuck to outside wood walls better than non-lead paint.  Eventually,
we had siding put on the church.  <G>  anklebear

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Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 10:06 PM
Subject: RE: [at-l] Informal poll - fate of Scott Farm


> I am not familiar with the lay of the land, but the fact of the paint
> chips weathering for decades implies paint in the surrounding soils.
> That has implications for the ground water and drainage - especially
> since the house is in a flood zone. Lead affects us grownups also, just
> not as dramatically as children. Dust from the lead paint can be
> inhaled. Most of us old enough to remember tetra-ethyl lead have been
> exposed to more lead than is considered a good idea today. It causes
> mental problems, but I can't recall them right now.
>
> It is a real problem. I would suspect that siding could be replaced on
> a house, but out buildings would probably have to be taken down
> eventually. A farm without outbuildings ain't much of a farm.
>
> Bill...
> <gosh, that problem is on the tip of my tongue. what was the question?>
>
> --- saunterer@jimbullard.org wrote:
> > Not a suggestion but a question:  It was my understanding that the
> > only  real danger from lead paint was that small children might
> > ingest some of it and the lead would stunt their development.
>
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