Re: something a lot of people might not think about - lead, m...

[Guest guest]

I know you are right about other problems than just mold. I'm certain my

school probably had arsenic, bacteria, formaldehyde and lots of other stuff.

They only tested the air ( and did find moderate/high levels of toxic mold) but

never would test for anything else. Old and very run down building with two

temporary type buildings(over 20 yrs. old) that were connected permanently to

the main building.

Just a thought. Many people on here who have had problems with mold,

could also be ill from lead or mercury or arsenic, etc. poisoning at

the same time.

Older buildings with lead paint, wallpaper in the past, lead tilework

or deteriorated enameled bathroom or kitchen fixtures, lead pipes,

broken flourescent light bulb issues, etc.

For that reason, its important to get tested for those things too.

There is lots of medical data about them out there.

Some of the issues some people have described recently reminded me to

bring this up. Those kinds of tests should be the first things you do,

because they are

the 'low hanging fruit'.

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[Guest guest]

Lead paint is very dangerous.. Thats a very real danger in older buildings.

If there is old lead paint, you need to wet mop, not vacumn. At least

that is what I have read.

[Guest guest]

While I was being heavily exposed, the skin on my feet and ankles

turned dark brown and also small dry white round scales that can be

peeled or flaked off, and remain looking like that after my post

exposure, 11 mos. now. I did a search on this condition and it sounds

like Arsenic Poisoning. Also on of my co-workers has a very VERY strong

Garlic breath, Which I read also is a sign.

--- In , LiveSimply <quackadillian@...>

wrote:

>

> Lead paint is very dangerous.. Thats a very real danger in older

buildings.

>

> If there is old lead paint, you need to wet mop, not vacumn. At least

> that is what I have read.

>

[Guest guest]

If its dead skin, you can soak in the bathtub (making sure its not

lead-enameled first, of course)

and then when your skin is softened up use a pumice stone to gradually

file them down.

Do this in little bits over several baths and it wont seem like an arduous task.

If your tub does have lead in the enamel glaze, like many do, I have

read, think about replacing or re-glazing it, and in the meantime

wash it very well before taking baths, and make them short, and rinse

in a shower afterward, or take showers instead of baths.

If the glaze is lead AND deteriorated, get it replaced ASAP, and until

then esp. do not let children or women of childbearing age bathe in

that tub!

Reading the stuff on the common pathways of toxicants that I posted

yesterday, I think that in many respects there is probably

a huge amount of similarity in the cognitive effects of a number of

these different toxicants and they quite possibly are BOTH additive

and synergistic!

THATS BAD, VERY BAD...

On Feb 6, 2008 9:37 AM, jackiebreeze <jackiebreeze@...> wrote:

> I have those white scales on my left foot. Mine don't peel off. I

> went to the dermatologist and he named the name of the condition and

> acted as if it was no big deal. He gave me a sylic (SP??) acid lotion

> prescription but it was so expensive, I never got it. I had mine for

> about 2 years now. I was using a file to file them down and soften

> them but I have more and not sure if I am spreading them by filing so,

> I stopped filing as well.

> Does anyone know more about those white scales??? They are risen and

> flat, kinda like warts but not warts. I don't like them and want to get

> rid of them!

>

[Guest guest]

When the scales started, I lived in a 55 year old house. I remember

a place on the tub had some glaze missing. It was more at the top

close to the rim The tub may had lead in it, as it was

cermic..interesting!

Now I am in a new house and thankfully, I don't have to worry about

some things but even in a new house, there are things to consider.

Every chance I get, I open my windows and turn the central fan on to

air out the toxins from the house. Soon it will be pollen season so

I won't be able to air out then.

--- In , LiveSimply <quackadillian@...>

wrote:

>

> If its dead skin, you can soak in the bathtub (making sure its not

> lead-enameled first, of course)

> and then when your skin is softened up use a pumice stone to

gradually

> file them down.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hair analysis showed I had very high lead level 2003. This has

certainly added to my immune system problems, as mold exposure and

lead exposure both happened within a couple of years apart.

I had lead investigator out and turns out my bathtub had lead enamel

and I take baths instead of showers, so I had it reglazed, but that

was just few years ago and glaze does not seem to be holding up well.

I have to look into other options, or switch to a shower (will have

to put in vent...not ventilated so was why I took baths).

Also I dry sanded some lead based paint in my bathroom not knowing in

2002. I had tested paint in house with a do-it-yourself lead paint

testor but did not everywhere, assuming it would be all over or not

here at all. It turns out that some places has lead based paint as

an undercoat and some places there there is not lead. Inspector told

me that in old homes frequently places where there is alot of

moisture like kitchen and bath will have more layers of paint and

older paint, and many times those areas have lead based paint in them

when other areas of the house do not, so if you have older home,

don't skip the kitchen and bathroom. Also you cut into the paint in

inconspicuous place to add fluid of testor so it comes in contact

with all layers of the paint and rub it around alot. Then they do

work.