[Scott S]

I have been thinking about this whole argument about lead and it's supposed detriments to mental ability.

It started about 25 years ago when a very conscientious liberal cousin of my wife's asked what we were doing to protect our young children from the dangers of lead paint.It seems that my wife's cousin had spent untold $'s on lead testing and had determined that her new home was a toxic environment and spent even more $'s on removing or encapsulating the lead paint.

By the look in her eyes I am not sure if she was shocked or just struck stupid when I told her we beat the kids for chewing on the wood work.

Growing up we clenched lead split shot sinkers with our teeth, had lead pipes leading to our water supplies, chewed on pencils covered with bright yellow lead paint. Heck I used to carry lead 22 caliber pellets around in my mouth for my air gun.

How has lead affected you?

Scott S