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Peppi the Lead Free Clown – Look Out for Lead!
Lead safety message: “I am Peppi the Lead Free Clown and I teach lead poisoning prevention through clowning. Here I am presenting lead poisoning prevention lessons at Brown Street Academy school festival in Milwaukee. “Lead dust is hard to see!” and the message was to look out for lead! I am a retired teacher from this school and when I taught there these lessons were presented annually.”
Artist: Peplinski, Patti
Description of work/Materials: Digital photo
Incense Smoke Dangerous to Your Health
Lead-safety message: “Incense sticks (agarbatti) could come with a health
risk — new research has shown that burning these generate indoor air
pollutants, including carbon monoxide and particulates like lead. Children
and Pregnant women should not breathe the fumes of burning Incense. Health
Canada began to investigate regulating the lead content of Incense in 2009.
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Artist: Rama Veeraghanta
Description of work/Materials: SAMSUNG Smartphone photo (file size increased using Alsee photo viewer program).
Pick Yer Poison!
Lead-safety message: “How long are we going to let them have their way? Even now, these poisonous plagues remain unresolved problems… and chances are, someone you know is already affected by it. Just because it’s not in your face like doesn’t mean it’s not there. This is everybody’s problem. Let’s do something about this, together.
Some things lead and cane toads have in common:
Quickest way to be poisoned is to ingest it.
It’s impossible to get rid of either in the foreseeable future.
Both were used for pest control. Both have done more harm than good.
They affect both people and wildlife; hunting is the worst offender as all parties involved suffer. Lead from bullets affect both the hunter and the hunted, most predators that eat a cane toad die from its poison.
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Artist: Kim, Daniel
Description of work/Materials: Photo collage.
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