Drinking Straws Contain Lead..Be Careful People! Lead is Poisonous!

colored straws - colored straws contain lead. lead is poisonous.
@jrdnron (129)
Philippines
September 30, 2008 11:54pm CST
Drinking straws, especially colores ones, used wide for sipping beverages, were found out to contain the hazardous chemical lead. lead can cause brain damage to children even relatively small amounts. it can cause complications in adults such as hypertension, nerve disorders, cataract, memory problems, miscarriage, still birth and testicular damage. dont use straws anymore! at least not the colored ones.
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rsa101
@rsa101 (40952)
• Philippines
1 Oct 08
And now its the straws scare that is starting to spread? Oh no don't tell me it came from China again. Oh well i seldom use the straw anymore. But I guess there are occasions that you could not avoid using one. In our lifetime I guess we have grown to using this gadget for sometime already, I sure do hope that these scae would end already.
jrdnron
@jrdnron (129)
• Philippines
3 Oct 08
oh no its not from china..its actually a pandemic..its in every country..lead is used for rubber, plastic, even make-up..
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rsa101
@rsa101 (40952)
• Philippines
3 Oct 08
Even our very own pencil it has lead in it. The thing is for as long as we do not have loads of it in our body it is pretty safe. As lead is an integral part of almost everything that we make.