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i had paint on my hands today and i licked my tumb too rub it off...can i gett lead poisoning for just licking my hand lol?

No, to get lead posioning you have to consume, or come in contact with lead for an extended period of time or directly consume major amounts of lead at a time...
My school (built in 1953) has lead pipes..Ive been drinking from that school's water supply for over 8 years and I havent gotten lead poisoning.

No but I would not recommend licking my fingers or thumbs while they are dirty. Use water and soap. Lead poisoning would require a larger ingestion of paint over a longer period also. Most paints nowadays are lead free anyway.

paints don't have lead in them anymore. unless you are in China painting children's toys!

No, because most paints do not have lead in them anymore. Anyways, that's not enough to get poisoned.

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