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minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·15 hours agoIf you’re in a contaminated area, you’re contaminated. Hopefully not enough to make a difference if you don’t eat paint chips. But smaller chips are part of the dust that gets everywhere. Chips and stripped paint is part of the soil that may be pulled up into any vegetables grown in that soil. heavy metals bioaccumulate so even small exposures over enough time can add up to a problem it’s not just lead, mercury is notorious for bioaccumulating up the food chains for many seafoods
If you’re in a contaminated area, you’re contaminated. Hopefully not enough to make a difference if you don’t eat paint chips.