
Originally Posted by
bigburtchino
Be smart, be safe, make some money and take care of your families. Next time you have a physical, doctor wants to do some blood work. as the doctor to test your blood for lead. I did, after I got the results, I started learning about how the lead got into my blood!
How long ago did you get the diagnosis ?
In my case it was a two day long exposure to ash with high lead levels. ( Long story... guvmin't work ... a long time ago ) I've always been careful about that kinda stuff but that one caught me by surprise. It's not that bad. The key thing is to get the lead levels in your blood down and then not make the same mistake twice.
The number 1 environmental danger we face here in Maine is background radiation that's naturally emitted from the Granite. We have the highest cancer rate in the nation. LOL .... we were removing uranium from the water supply at the pumping station and concentrating it in a 55 gallon drum then venting the radon. There are no established protocols for how to deal with it. Part of the reason i don't work there anymore.
It's weird when you think about it. All that radiation coming at you from every direction but you can't sense it. Better not to dwell on it too much.
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