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Warning to those using paint all the time.
Having had some experience of this recently in my family and the cause having been attributed to this, I thought I would post these findings from today’s newspaper.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/hea … tml?via=mrIt pays to be careful as this can strike at any age with devastating results.
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quote Harry Cleary:Having had some experience of this recently in my family and the cause having been attributed to this, I thought I would post these findings from today’s newspaper.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/hea … tml?via=mrIt pays to be careful as this can strike at any age with devastating results.
I recently picked up a new publication about screen printing (from the US), the first three chapters went into great detail about the hazards of chemicals in paints and inks, and the side effects lonf term effects etc ( I was a little freaked out by this) a lot more is known nowadays but it’s still a grey area with some paints and inks being outlawed in the States but still freely on sale in Europe, the guidance from suppliers in Europe would have us understand that these products do not present a hazard to the user, so why does the U.S agencies decide that it is un-safe to allow the sale of these products. The Macho culture of not heeding health and safety advice is glady long gone BUT if people are told by UK suppliers that the risk levels are low / moderate , but these products are not on sale in the States , it does make you wonder , I now try and check both COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health) American and European guidance notes relating to paints and inks, (some times difficult as trade names vary) but I honestly think that Europe is lagging behind in respect to the known hazards or perhaps our European agencies have different critera pass levels. just my thoughts
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all your one shots that say chrome on them…
chrome yellow etc etc
=heavy metal poisoningthey won’t let you put galvanised nails in your mouth anymore do they?
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quote barney:all your one shots that say chrome on them…chrome yellow etc etc
=heavy metal poisoningthey won’t let you put galvanised nails in your mouth anymore do they?
Yup, Chrome Yellow is Lead Chromate so lead poisoning.
White Lead is Lead Carbonate….don’t think you can get ‘red lead’ anymore (Lead Oxide) – used to be on the shelves of every painters merchant & car repair shop!
Galvanised nails. Zinc on it’s own isn’t THAT toxic in the sort of doses you’d get from a couple of nails in the mouth. The zinc transferred would be in the milligram region.
[checked toxicity online]
Zinc can be toxic if taken in excess of two grams per day. Symptoms of this toxicity include gastrointestinal irritation and vomiting
Ingesting 10-20g (not mg) will result in you being pretty ill.
RDA – 15 mg…250mg max 3 days.
But Zinc Oxide inhaled when welding galvanised steel…nasty. Seriously messes you up for a week or so.
Dave
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My father was a painter all his working life & used lead based paints. He told me that whilst using them the company would supply you with fresh milk & you would have a pint of that every few hours. I used red lead a few time years ago, painted a floor in an in-closed area. When finished stood up & swooned around like I had just had 20 pints of Guinness .
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quote Shane Ralph:My father was a painter all his working life & used lead based paints. He told me that whilst using them the company would supply you with fresh milk & you would have a pint of that every few hours. I used red lead a few time years ago, painted a floor in an in-closed area. When finished stood up & swooned around like I had just had 20 pints of Guinness .
Back in the day they also provided follow spot operators in theatre with a pint of milk, The Arc lights had an Asbestos lining, which would singe and cause a dust cloud around the light and operator. The milk was to quench the thirst, explains why painters and follow spot op’s used to spend a lot of time an dmoney in the Pub.
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quote Graham.Shand:The milk was to quench the thirst, explains why painters and follow spot op’s used to spend a lot of time and money in the Pub.I feel a new excuse coming on! 😀 😀
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the fumes from screenprinting ink are horrendous, but when working with them I got used to it, have had stomach problems for years, thats why the first thing i did when finished work was went to the pub :lol1:
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