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Thanks to all, I think in the future I will be sure to wash my hands like a doctor when I finish reloading. I did not realize lead was so toxic.
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Northwest claims they drop theirs. I think it's still the easiest way.
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Jack, The shot in S & B ammunition was/is[?] rolled to final dia. I have no idea if it was dropped before milling, but it could have been. Shot towers & dropping is the least expensive method of mfg. I also think that the Italian RC ammunition mills the shot for their 'trap' loads, BICBW.
Salopian, Best quit the beaver hats, if'n you're mak'n 'em;-) Mad hatters' origins, ya know, but its Mercury, not lead, that was causal.
A few nut cases are about in the reloading community, but they were dense t' begin with and then went & did something really stupid. Lead poisoning, from reloading[?], you prolly need to wash more than your hands, but do at least that, always.
PPD, Before you go and get all upset, I do understand that it is an honest question and one that deserves an honest answer. I have several close friends whose careers have been spent in the medical field ranging from current heads of quite serious transplants to pathology and they assure me that my response is both frank & accurate. Do with it what you will.
All the hubub, IMHO, is mostly just that, melded w/ a good dose of tort. Skakespeare was, in some ways, a predecessor of Jefferson.
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If you can see that silvery lighter-than-air dust, you are breathing it.
jack Lighter than air lead dust? Come now, Jack. As it was said, it is graphite dust.
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When I got diagnosed with gout last year, I noted in the literature that one high risk group for the malady is lead workers and miners.
Since I load about 500 high power loads a year and probably twice as many shotshells, plus have pellets in my mouth monthly as I eat my fall harvest, I figured it was worth the cost to get a lead blood level test. It was within the normal range.
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One of my jobsites requires annual bloodtests due to high concentrations of lead, arsenic and cadmium in some areas of the plant.
So my company pays to keep me apprised of my blood lead levels. I haven't had time to load much in the last two years but even with work exposure and reloading exposure my blood lead levels are in the low norm range.
Take some care and wash your hands but this is overblown IMO.
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I agree with revdocdrew that, while it may be overblown for adults, it is a definite concern for young children.
My sister is a child psychologist - when she was in graduate school she worked on a study testing the effects of very, very low levels of lead exposure. The government labels any amount over 10 µg/dL as harmful. The study my sister worked on found that even at as low as 3 or 4 µg/dL lead has negative developmental effects - reduced I.Q. - more behavioral issues, etc.
In her educated opinion there is no "safe level" of lead exposure for kids under age 6.
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I stand corrected at least twice.
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I believe toothpaste used to come in lead lined tubes as we use to wrap strips around our fishing lines to add weight. Also dentist use to use lead for fillings and i have a mouthful of them! Jon can correct me on the dentist part if i am wrong. Bobby
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