An occupational hazard for carpet removers is lead poisoning. This is not because the carpet is made from lead but is because of lead in the environment from leaded gasoline etc which gets into and collects in the carpet. This hazard may be decreasing as leaded gasoline is not used so much anymore (in USA). If you are in an area that puts out insecticide to control insects or termites, etc, I bet you will have plenty of it in your carpets!
RE: CS>OT garden mulching From: llarabie (view other messages by this author) Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 06:32:51 It is best to use organic mater as mulch as there may be some gassing off of petro products from the carpet but I doubt there is any pesticide or led in the carpet. Louise -----Original Message----- From: Dan Nave [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: April 7, 2003 2:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CS>OT garden mulching I wouldn't recommend old carpet for gardening. Carpet tends to collect things in it over the years like lead, pesticides, whatever was on one's feet. Old carpet is often high in toxic waste...
