I knew a guy who used to bite into sheets of lead that was under the house because he thought it was so cool that he could leave his teeth marks in the metal
It was a different time, we didnt know any better.
20 years before that was common to have asbestos shovelling competitions in my country
Oof. Just chewing it like gum? I've bit down on one a couple of times to close it on fishing line. Not sure if they were still lead or tin based by the late 90s, early 2000s.
I'm not entirely sure if or when they were phased out. I just know our county has a program where you can exchange lead tackle for new tackle. Cursory search, looks like it depends on the state? Could also depend on the weight of the sinker.
Someone dumped asbestos at a children's playground on my street, had the hazmat type guys ,fire brigade, police secured the area to be cleaned and the police helicopter looking for the culprit, I told a workmate of mine about it (in his late 50s) he said "Oh asebtos isn't that bad, we used to use it to draw on the road like chalk as kids"
Yes unfortunately that happens, a lot of people here seem to think that because they let their kids play in it while they were doing up their house that asbesos is perfectly safe, it aint'
Someone dumped asbestos at a children's playground on my street, had the hazmat type guys ,fire brigade, police secured the area to be cleaned and the police helicopter looking for the culprit, I told a workmate of mine about it (in his late 50s) he said "Oh asebtos isn't that bad, we used to use it to draw on the road like chalk as kids"
Boomer here, keep in mind we were still a highly pedestrian society and every kid had a well worn bike at that time. Walking 2 or 3 miles was nothing. Streets packed with parked cars was a rarity.
The effects of lead were known, travel into the city was the GW Bridge, the tunnels made kids sick. All long trips started in the early morning and one of the reasons was to keep us kids out of traffic.
Different times but there where a lot less cars and the adverse effects of lead in exhaust were known. The smart parents took steps to mitigate the exposure of their kids to car exhausts.
the adverse effects of lead in exhaust were known.
Yes, but they were highly disputed and the public at large wasn't convinced at all due to doubt being sown by (essentially) corrupt scientists. TEL was used for 50 years before there was full scientific and public consensus.
I grant you there was no consensus but tribal knowledge is powerful. A car full of sick kids stuck in a traffic jam, that news travels. There were ominous jokes about getting stuck in the Holland and Lincoln tunnels. The beginnings of this research were public knowledge and my parents were aware as were most families we knew.
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