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Tom Wesenberg · 01-12-2017, 05:55 AM

I just read through this timeline about the history of lead was surprised at how early the concern was about lead being a poison.

http://66.147.244.135/~enviror4/abou...tory-timeline/

PatrickGrant · 01-12-2017, 08:25 AM

Tom, this is a very interesting and informative list of events. 1916 stands out a tad for me.

H. L. Chauvin · 01-12-2017, 09:05 AM

Asbestos story is similar in that the very keen "business" minded heads of Life Insurance Company's in the early 1900's refused to sell policies to asbestos workers.

Tom Wesenberg · 01-12-2017, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by PatrickGrant

Tom, this is a very interesting and informative list of events. 1916 stands out a tad for me.

Yes, I didn't know that it was Kettering who started the Dayton Electric Company, better known as DELCO. And Kettering started the Delco Light Plant company, which many rural homes and farms used until they stopped making them in 1947, the same year Henry Ford died.

PatrickGrant · 01-12-2017, 11:50 AM

Tom, I was thinking either Rusty or H.L need one of these units. Mine needs a good home

SeaSlugs · 01-12-2017, 12:01 PM

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Very interesting read - thanks!

Fullraceflathead · 01-12-2017, 02:15 PM

Very Interesting Read.

hardtimes · 01-12-2017, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom Wesenberg

I just read through this timeline about the history of lead was surprised at how early the concern was about lead being a poison.

http://66.147.244.135/~enviror4/abou...tory-timeline/

Despite any and/or all of this, pure lead is STILL sold to and used by consumers....maybe thru ignorance(not knowing) ! Once absorbed/consumed, it is just a matter of time and how much till it shows what it does to living organisms

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mhsprecher · 01-12-2017, 05:20 PM

I was surprised at how much lead was and still is used. In garden hoses made prior to 2007? Who knew? Of course, it was in high percentages of the brass in faucet fixtures up until not too long ago. Remarkable. You can see from this piece how long it has been known to cause health problems.

When I worked at a GM plant once, there was a guy who had worked in the lead booth grinding off excess lead where they had leaded over the seam to put the roof on the cars. He had a leak in his air hose to the suit that he wore and he got lead poisoning. He looked awful, but had been put on a light duty job. BTW, I was a janitor and sometimes had to go clean up the lead dust in the lead booth. I don't recall that I was given a respirator, but hopefully I was. This was around 1971.

Willie Krash · 01-12-2017, 06:00 PM

Good stuff. We have known about lead for a long time. Did I bite those little lead sinkers onto the fishin line..yep.
I was immortal then,

01-12-2017, 05:55 AM	#1
Tom Wesenberg Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mpls, MN Posts: 27,582	Lead in Gasoline I just read through this timeline about the history of lead was surprised at how early the concern was about lead being a poison. http://66.147.244.135/~enviror4/abou...tory-timeline/

01-12-2017, 08:25 AM	#2
PatrickGrant Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Theilman, Mn Posts: 147	Re: Lead in Gasoline Tom, this is a very interesting and informative list of events. 1916 stands out a tad for me.

01-12-2017, 09:05 AM	#3
H. L. Chauvin Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 4,179	Re: Lead in Gasoline Asbestos story is similar in that the very keen "business" minded heads of Life Insurance Company's in the early 1900's refused to sell policies to asbestos workers.

01-12-2017, 11:50 AM	#5
PatrickGrant Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Theilman, Mn Posts: 147	Re: Lead in Gasoline Tom, I was thinking either Rusty or H.L need one of these units. Mine needs a good home

01-12-2017, 12:01 PM	#6
SeaSlugs Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Central, IL Posts: 3,968	Re: Lead in Gasoline Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Very interesting read - thanks! __________________ 1929 Model AA - Need long splash aprons!

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Fullraceflathead Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Chillicothe, Missouri Posts: 1,175	Re: Lead in Gasoline Very Interesting Read. __________________ "If I asked people what they wanted they would have said faster horses." -Henry Ford "Primitive technology is not a design flaw" 1928 Ford Model A Roadster Pickup 1930 Gordon Smith Air Compressor 1941 Willy's Pickup 1960 Thunderbird-For Sale 1964 Buick Riviera 2x4 425 1965 Pontiac GTO, 455 Super Duty 2004 Dodge Ram SRT-10, V-10 Viper 1977 Charger Jet Boat,460 Ford,Jacuzzi Jet Front Engine Nostalgia Dragster,Supercharged 296 "Fullrace Flathead" Ford Engine Build up on DVD ask

01-12-2017, 05:20 PM	#9
mhsprecher Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Takoma Park, MD Posts: 2,817	Re: Lead in Gasoline I was surprised at how much lead was and still is used. In garden hoses made prior to 2007? Who knew? Of course, it was in high percentages of the brass in faucet fixtures up until not too long ago. Remarkable. You can see from this piece how long it has been known to cause health problems. When I worked at a GM plant once, there was a guy who had worked in the lead booth grinding off excess lead where they had leaded over the seam to put the roof on the cars. He had a leak in his air hose to the suit that he wore and he got lead poisoning. He looked awful, but had been put on a light duty job. BTW, I was a janitor and sometimes had to go clean up the lead dust in the lead booth. I don't recall that I was given a respirator, but hopefully I was. This was around 1971.

01-12-2017, 06:00 PM	#10
Willie Krash Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Phoenix, Oregon Posts: 661	Re: Lead in Gasoline Good stuff. We have known about lead for a long time. Did I bite those little lead sinkers onto the fishin line..yep. I was immortal then, __________________ Mike Stitt "A business that make nothing but money is a poor business." -Henry Ford