How much lead in a CRT?

[stromberg6]

If you eat carrots, you will die.

[david c long]

If you eat carrots or any thing else you will die.
Its all just a matter of time.
Dont leave your cell phone in your beer glass for too long either.
Dave

[electroking]

Originally Posted by david c long

If you eat carrots or any thing else you will die.
Its all just a matter of time.
Dont leave your cell phone in your beer glass for too long either.
Dave

Welcome David!

What a way to start contributing to AK! Hope you like it enough to
stay. Bye for now.

[peverett]

People my age still remember leaded gasoline. Just think of all the lead that was spewed into the air over the years. Luckily, I grew up in a rural area, so my exposure was not that high.

[soundweasel]

Originally Posted by old_tv_nut

I believe there was a study a few years ago that said unexpectedly high amounts of lead can leach from lead crystal into stored liquids such as whiskey. So, keep your hootch in the original bottle!

Or just drink it faster before it can go "bad"!

Seriously, nobody gets out of here alive -- enjoy now!

[bgadow]

One article I read stated that all the lead spread around from 60 years of leaded gas would be an issue long past all our lives. But where is the proof? Pretty easy for a number-crunching scientist to come up with devastating figures.

Several decades ago there was a guy, overseas somewhere, who became famous for eating very strange things. Apparently he would break them up in tiny pieces and chomp away. You can read Ripleys or maybe the Guiness Book for more details. At one point he ate a television set. I have long wondered how he dealt with the lead & the glass, among other things.

I caught the tail end of that 60 minutes piece; I recently spoke with the gentleman who heads up the local recycling program and his biggest concern with old electronics was that somehow they would end up in one of those third world deathtraps.

[wa2ise]

Originally Posted by stromberg6

If you eat carrots, you will die.

No way! Buggs Bunny is alive and kicking!

I remember my father saying, when he built the family house back in the 50's, that he went out of his way to buy lead-free paint for it. To keep lead out of us kids.

[electroking]

Originally Posted by bgadow

One article I read stated that all the lead spread around from 60 years of leaded gas would be an issue long past all our lives. But where is the proof? Pretty easy for a number-crunching scientist to come up with devastating figures.

Several decades ago there was a guy, overseas somewhere, who became famous for eating very strange things. Apparently he would break them up in tiny pieces and chomp away. You can read Ripleys or maybe the Guiness Book for more details. At one point he ate a television set. I have long wondered how he dealt with the lead & the glass, among other things.

I caught the tail end of that 60 minutes piece; I recently spoke with the gentleman who heads up the local recycling program and his biggest concern with old electronics was that somehow they would end up in one of those third world deathtraps.

IIRC, the guy who ate TV sets ate everything but the CRT!