Lead Hazards Real
To the Editor:
Thanks for the update on what
OSHA is planning for regulating lead
safety issues (Eight Penny News,
"OSHA May Regulate Work-Site
Lead Exposure," 2/93). I've worked
on historic structures for 30 years,
always with considerable concern
about lead paint and lead poisoning,
and would like to add the following
comments:
(1) Lead poisoning is cumulative,
and affects the intelligence of adults
as well as that of children.
(2) Lead paint is not only a
problem when it is attached to the
house, it can also be a serious health
risk in the soils around houses. I have
estimated that some large 19thcentury
houses that have been
painted on a regular basis often have
in excess of