I liked this line:
"If you were to take chips like these and spread them out, 1000 of them on the ground, essentially it would be a federal Superfund site. That's how much lead are in these things. "
Here are some of the important scary points in the article:
"While no amount of lead is considered safe, the EPA's legal limit is .06% in paint.
Over and over and over again - 200 times - we tested Paulson chips for surface lead. .. ..... .And every time, they tested positive. ....... What's more: over half maxed-out the swab's detection limit at 10-percent lead. That's more than 160-times the lead the EPA legally allows in paint. ... ....The highest in our lab tests: A Caesar's Palace chip - made by Paulson. It's 45 percent lead....750-times higher than the standard. .........When the chips are handled, tiny particles, that can be inhaled, flake-off. ..... ....An inhalation risk that Will Humble says is very real for people who work in casinos or make the chips. "1000 parts per million? Ya,that's too high, way too high."
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