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Thread: RNZ Article About Lead Poisoning

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    Quote Originally Posted by 40mm View Post
    does anyone here know about the hair test for heavy metals? im sure i read somewhere that people in the trade can get it done at taxpayers expense. I think the hair sample goes over seas for the test.
    Any laboratory with an AAS(atomic absorption spectrophotometer) should be able to run the test. Its a question of if they are accredited to do it.
    Hair is pretty interesting especially in the case of single exposure poisoning as by determining the position of the poison spike in the hair and comparing it to hairs average growth rate a pretty accurate time of poisoning can be obtained, assuming no haircuts.

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    A bit disappointing to hear the guy got turned down by his GP who could have ordered a free blood test simply by putting down "lead exposure" on the form.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sideshow View Post
    Maybe we should start a statistic on broken teeth from biting down one steel pellets!
    count me in your stats, split a previously repaired tooth in half on a steel pellet, was a reather expensive thing to fix.
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    Quote Originally Posted by res View Post
    count me in your stats, split a previously repaired tooth in half on a steel pellet, was a reather expensive thing to fix.
    @Sideshow @res

    I wonder about the toxicity of a broken mercury amalgam filling hitting stomach acid...
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    Quote Originally Posted by 7mmwsm View Post
    If you want to go total on things that will poison you, how about processed meat(bacon, ham, salami etc). Stats suggest that they rot you from the inside.
    Top of that list is life, everything that lives dies. So enjoy it while it lasts cos its gonna end sometime.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 7mmwsm View Post
    Yes, but life is a sexually transmitted disease.
    Shit I’ve been infected feels good
    It's all fun and games till Darthvader comes along
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