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Buying Chinese made products has always got me a little on edge, mainly just due to their lack of regulation. I was going to buy a reasonably well known miniatu

by nwh 14y ago

Buying Chinese made products has always got me a little on edge, mainly just due to their lack of regulation. I was going to buy a reasonably well known miniature camera recently, but was completely put off when I read a note by some other purchasers who had somehow realised that the case of the camera contained insane amounts of lead. I wasn't particularly impressed by the recommendation that they're fine to use, just don't let your children touch it and wash your hands afterwards. Things like this seem to pop up with alarming frequency.

mhurron 14y ago
Exactly what danger did you believe there would be in touching something containing lead? Leaded gas was done away with because you could breath in the fumes, because the gas was, you know, incinerated and released the lead in fumes. Leaded paint was removed from homes, not because touching the paint was bad, not because having it was bad but because children were eating the paint chips. Lead piping was again a problem because of drinking water with lead now in it. So unless you were planning on inhaling or eating the camera, what danger did you think there was from it.
- pyre 14y ago
  Keeping it away from children was probably still a good idea. Little children have a penchant for putting things in their mouths.
- nwh 14y ago
  Contact with lead leaves it on your skin, and people tend to pick up food with their fingers. It was always mentioned to me at school to wash my hands after handeling solder (which is tin + lead), and I assumed that the same would apply here. Without doing any more research into the stuff, I would much rather just spend a few more dollars and get one that is not going to poison me.
- city41 14y ago
  A recent article in Mother Jones[0] suggested that lead is much more dangerous than we ever realized, and even blamed it on the rise in crime in the US. [0]http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/01/lead-crime-link-gasoline http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/01/lead-crime-li...

by nwh 14y ago

mhurron 14y ago

Exactly what danger did you believe there would be in touching something containing lead? Leaded gas was done away with because you could breath in the fumes, because the gas was, you know, incinerated and released the lead in fumes. Leaded paint was removed from homes, not because touching the paint was bad, not because having it was bad but because children were eating the paint chips. Lead piping was again a problem because of drinking water with lead now in it. So unless you were planning on inhaling or eating the camera, what danger did you think there was from it.

pyre 14y ago
Keeping it away from children was probably still a good idea. Little children have a penchant for putting things in their mouths.
nwh 14y ago
Contact with lead leaves it on your skin, and people tend to pick up food with their fingers. It was always mentioned to me at school to wash my hands after handeling solder (which is tin + lead), and I assumed that the same would apply here. Without doing any more research into the stuff, I would much rather just spend a few more dollars and get one that is not going to poison me.
city41 14y ago
A recent article in Mother Jones[0] suggested that lead is much more dangerous than we ever realized, and even blamed it on the rise in crime in the US. [0]http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/01/lead-crime-link-gasoline http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/01/lead-crime-li...