Comments on: Episode 1: The Angie’s List Lead Safety Tour

By: Store-bought lead testing kits tested | Thursday Friday Saturday

Store-bought lead testing kits tested | Thursday Friday Saturday — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:34:00 +0000

[...] the first episode of List-en up!, the Angie’s List podcast, Marion County, Indiana lead inspector Buddy Compton mentioned that store-bought lead-testing kits [...]

By: Tristan

Tristan — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:50:40 +0000

My day has been fine so far, though it’s still early. Thanks for asking, Dan!

Seriously though, I understand what you’re saying. My Grandmother ate lead paint chips off her home’s walls when she was a child starving for food during World War II-era Germany, and she lived a rather long life. But knowing what we know today, I think the important aspect of lead paint poisoning is awareness: though many homes do have lead paint in them, simple protective measures can go a long way to preventing lifelong health issues (the same can be said for being overweight, as you mention.) We’re just trying to share some wisdom without being harbingers of lead-based paint doom

Thanks for your comments!

By: dan w cawthon

dan w cawthon — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 01:09:16 +0000

I don’t find the lead based china toys a real issue, being an old timer, I grew up during a time when there were zero safety organizations. All the toys we played with as a child were probably lead based, yet I don’t ever recall any of friends or relatives or schoolmates getting ill as a result. The myriad of diseases created today by the drug corporations so they can sell more drugs is an example of what I see as the USA becoming a hypochondriac over protective society. Take a pill and your problems are solved– call me hard headed but I don’t buy into it. I tend to agree with the statement that the home has more problems with lead than toys and such things. But to be honest, when I was growing up in Dallas, Texas, I don’t remember anything like people getting sick from mold/lead in their homes, or bad water, or shocked by unprotected wall sockets. Of course, I’m not saying that some of things didn’t happen— but if they did they were rare and did not make the newspapers. There was not this steady and growing drumbeat of danger around ever corner to your health. The number one threat to USA in my opinion is the trend toward being overweight, a lack of exercise and a very unhealthy diet. Today, we can’t even get out of our car to go inside a food joint to pick up our food– everyone has a drive thru. And how was your day?????

By: Tristan Schmid

Tristan Schmid — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:11:00 +0000

Thanks for the kind words, everyone! In case you’re wondering: the second episode is indeed in production and will be released soon… promise!

By: Jackie T.

Jackie T. — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:01:30 +0000

This sounds fantastic!!

By: Ricardo

Ricardo — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:47:01 +0000

Tristan, good job with your podcast website and program. Well done! Lets talk about some ideas that I have for you to enhance it even more.

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:30:26 +0000

Great stuff here! Exhaustive and entertaining. Great input throughout the entire episode.

By: Sue

Sue — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 14:16:12 +0000

Informative. Interesting. And the music really sticks with you. When will you post the next installment?

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 20:27:59 +0000

Nice work! Sounds great. I like the music too.

By: Brittany

Brittany — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 17:33:59 +0000

Really nice job! It sounds great!