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  2. Environmental impact of paint - Wikipedia

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    Low-VOC paint types include latex (water-based), acrylic, and milk paint, with most relatively easy to recycle. [1] [2] The labels of paint cans can be checked for the following information: To be considered low-VOC, the paint should contain <50 g/L of VOC. [citation needed] To be considered zero-VOC, the paint should contain <5 g/L of VOC.

  3. Lead poisoning - Wikipedia

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    Eating chips of lead paint presents a particular hazard to children, generally producing more severe poisoning than lead-contaminated dust. [127] Because removing lead paint from dwellings, e.g. by sanding or torching, creates lead-containing dust and fumes, it is generally safer to seal the lead paint under new paint (excepting moveable ...

  4. Lead paint - Wikipedia

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    The dangers of lead paint were considered well-established by the beginning of the 20th century. In the July 1904 edition of its monthly publication, Sherwin-Williams reported the dangers of paint containing lead, noting that a French expert had deemed lead paint "poisonous in a large degree, both for the workmen and for the inhabitants of a ...

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  6. 8 insanely dangerous foods people actually eat - AOL

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    Watch out for those green sprouts!!They may contain solanine, a very toxic substance.Eating them can cause poisoning. Potato, poisato. 8) Sannakji Sannakji is live octopus that is cut into bite ...

  7. 9 disgusting (and dangerous) things you don’t realize you’re ...

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    9 disgusting (and dangerous) things you don’t realize you’re eating. Anne Fritz. November 6, 2017 at 1:21 PM.

  8. Radium Girls - Wikipedia

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    At USRC, each of the painters mixed her own paint in a small crucible, and then used camel hair brushes to apply the glowing paint onto dials. The rate of pay was about a penny and a half per dial (equivalent to $0.368 in 2024 [ 8 ] ), earning the girls $3.75 (equivalent to $92.04 in 2024 [ 8 ] ) for painting 250 dials per shift.

  9. Cadmium poisoning - Wikipedia

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    Cadmium is a naturally occurring toxic metal with common exposure in industrial workplaces, plant soils, and from smoking. Due to its low permissible exposure in humans, overexposure may occur even in situations where only trace quantities of cadmium are found.