Hmmm, I have bad allergies and was born and raised in Joplin, MO, a lead and zinc mining town until after WWII, and like everyone else born in the early '60s wa

Hmmm, I have bad allergies and was born and raised in Joplin, MO, a lead and zinc mining town until after WWII, and like everyone else born in the early '60s was exposed to tetraethyllead in gasoline until it started to be phased out in the mid-70s. Then again, I clearly got this from my mother who is in some ways worse (stays indoors during ragweed season, which doesn't bother me at all), my problems largely disappeared when I moved to the Boston area (different climate and allergens), returned when I moved to the D.C. area (very roughly the same as Joplin). But I'll think about this, I've never had a test for lead....