What will happen?? IF I

Question

okay so i was just looking at some paints we had in our house lying around and i opened. some and one of them was like really old. and then i saw a warning letter sticker it said something about being intoxicated if you sand, and like let of the paint. Because it has lead base paint in it.

so am i intoxicated since i breathed the air.

i dont really feel like i am but i want to make sure.

AND WHAT ARE THE SIGNS OF BEING INTOXICATED.

Answer 1

Don't worry about it. I grew up with lead-based oil paints because we didn't have anything else and it didn't affect me in the least. and it didn't affect me in the least. and it didn't effect me in the least. and.....

Answer 2

Lead based paints where outlawed back in the 70's, so you might want to drop the old pait off at a hazmat center.

Secondly, if you actually have used this paint in your home, you might want to either cover it to conseal it or removed it..which would probably require adhereing to some sort of abatement program.

The intoxication they refer to most likely refer to the paints volitile nature of displacing oxygen when breathed it. Most old paints were made with volitile liquids for the purpose of drying fast as the agent dissipates, but in an enclosed area you end up feeling a little tipsy due to the oxygen displacement. You start acting drunk, a little unbalanced, a little high feeling, etc.

Breathing in of the lead itself say from ginding would result in different symptoms. It would take a while to feel the effects of lead poisoning but is best just to get rid of it all together.

But the more cost effective method would be just to encase the lead based pain so that it will no tbe a future problem.