The affects of exposure to lead?

[pewpewguns]

Has their ever been a study done on prolonged exposure to lead in shooting environments? I know lead can cause cancer but I'm wondering what the increased risk of being a hardcore shooter your whole life would be.

[xenophobe]

No problems unless you don't wash your hands before eating.

Lead needs to be ingested to cause harm. Unless it's atomized, you don't have to worry about it being absorbed through your eyes or skin, or for the most part inhaled...

[grammaton76]

I remember reading that some guy had to reduce the regularity of his shooting range trips due to lead levels in his bloodstream. I believe it was an indoor range, and the guy had a several times a week practice habit, though. I don't remember if the post was on here or on brianenos.com, though.

[CSDGuy]

Long Term Lead Exposure

Go to google.com or click on the link and you'll be sent to a long list of websites that are related to lead exposure. Your degree of lead exposure depends upon how you encounter it... you could get it through your skin or by inhaling it, if it becomes airborne when you shoot it. Reloaders can get exposed by breathing the fumes...

Here's the link: CLICK ME

[CSDGuy]

For most people, if you wash your hands before eating and make sure you go to a well ventilated range, your lead exposure won't be very high... and neither will your lead levels. It might not be a bad idea to have your lead level checked every so often...

[damon1272]

The affects of exposure to led?
Misspelled words.

[hawk1]

You can never get enough Led

[xenophobe]

I remember reading that some guy had to reduce the regularity of his shooting range trips due to lead levels in his bloodstream. I believe it was an indoor range, and the guy had a several times a week practice habit, though. I don't remember if the post was on here or on brianenos.com, though.

Only a seriously contaminated indoor range with poor ventilation may be a hazard. Of course lead dust is a concern, but that's definitely not a major issue of being poisoned, but it is a big issue of contamination.... if the lead dust gets all over him or his stuff, he may wash his hands and then become immediately recontaminated if he touches anything that was covered. If he failed to wash his hands before eating is more of an issue, IMO.

Molten lead poses lead and other poisonous gas dangers...

[ocabj]

There were clinical trials a few years ago pioneered by NASA LED technology which found that LED exposure helped cellular growth.

[blkA4alb]

I plan to get a lead test soon. Its different for me though since I work at a gun shop/range now. Sweeping the traps out does expose me to more lead than I would like...

[tman]

Fluoride, which is just about everything you ingest, is more toxic than lead.

Thank the government for that one.

[bwiese]

I plan to get a lead test soon. Its different for me though since I work at a gun shop/range now. Sweeping the traps out does expose me to more lead than I would like...

Oh, I'd worry, your kids could come out looking like me, and suffer from Black Rifle Disease

[grammaton76]

Oh, I'd worry, your kids could come out looking like me, and suffer from Black Rifle Disease

*sits down to watch some of the more ardent members of your fan club get some lead dust to sprinkle on their food*

[xrMike]

The affects of exposure to led?
Misspelled words.

Ahhhhh rats, beat me to it...

[SemiAutoSam]

If you think lead is dangerous try mercury.

If you have fillings in your teeth chances are you have mercury in your body and its more of a toxic material than lead.

I know people that have had their teeth pulled to get the mercury out of their body.