Bio-availability of lead is a winnable argument if presented with some knowledge of the subject. As a geologist (and an EPA contractor for many years) working on historic mine-sites and in mineral-rich regions, I've seen that fight up-close and personal. Mining companies have had their own contractors doing the science and winning the cases as they were brought by the various Federal and State Agencies. I've read the studies of pigs being fed the various forms lead-contaminated foods (lead oxides, carbonates, sulfides, metallic, etc.) and watched that fight transpire in the court system. The mining companies won that one outright and further lead-regulations were curtailed. But...the drumbeat continues, never mind the science. When smelting was largely discontinued in this country and lead was removed from both gasoline and paints, any real threat to public health was effectively eliminated. It is clearly a back-door attack on our 2nd Amendment and hunting rights. Nothing more, nothing less.
Last edited by Lloyd3; 11/27/19 05:50 PM.
