The Red Peanut

   As lead paint deteriorates it can flake off as paint chips, but more frequently the deterioration is less visible in the form of dust.  High impact surfaces, such as windows and doors, create the most lead dust.  This dust is frequently inhaled by people and children in the home.  It also gets on your hands and then into your body through your mouth or nose.  Lead poisoning effects thousands of children everyday.

   It is very important to clean around windows and doors if you live in a house built before 1978, which is when lead paint was banned.  Houses built before 1978 are likely to contain lead paint, and houses built before 1950 almost definitely contain lead paint.

   Cleaning everyday will lower the likelihood that you or your children will contract lead poisoning.  Permanently removing the lead paint will make certain that no one will end up with lead poisoning, which can cause serious health problems including brain damage.

   Improper removal of lead paint can be dangerous.  To make the job safe and easy use a non-toxic paint stripper that renders lead paint non-hazardous.  This method will eliminate hazardous lead dust and take the hard labor out of the job.  Make sure you have the proper tools and you keep children away from the work area

It usually takes 30 minutes from the Main Press Centre to the Workers’ Stadium. On Tuesday it took more than double the time. It was as if everyone was going to the Workers’ Stadium. It seemed, the whole of Beijing was walking in a trance, each following the other. In this part of the world, European football on television is fascinating entertainment and drawn by the prospect of seeing some of football’s big names — not usual in the Olympics — they walked in step.