I am going to tell you something you don’t want to hear: lead is bad for you!
I run into denialists all the time, I think they think that by denying lead toxicity shooters somehow are protecting shooting rights.
The attack on our shooting rights is a much larger effort.
Still to get back on track, avoid lead. The current OSHA standards limit workers to 50 micrograms per cubic meter of lead. When you breathe lead vapors lead gets into your body and stays there. Can take years to get lead out of your blood, tissue, fat. Just Google Lead toxicity to find out what it does to humans. Based on my research the greatest source of lead contamination is shooting lead bullets in handguns, and indoor pistol ranges.
This chart shows that each time you pull the trigger on a 38 Special loaded with 158 grain lead bullets, that round puts out 5600 micrograms of lead in the air. That is one heck of a lot of lead particles in the air.
Shoot in open air, clean up your hands before eating, and I don’t know what to do about the clothes. There are lots of lead particles on your clothing after shooting.
I run into denialists all the time, I think they think that by denying lead toxicity shooters somehow are protecting shooting rights.
The attack on our shooting rights is a much larger effort.
Still to get back on track, avoid lead. The current OSHA standards limit workers to 50 micrograms per cubic meter of lead. When you breathe lead vapors lead gets into your body and stays there. Can take years to get lead out of your blood, tissue, fat. Just Google Lead toxicity to find out what it does to humans. Based on my research the greatest source of lead contamination is shooting lead bullets in handguns, and indoor pistol ranges.
This chart shows that each time you pull the trigger on a 38 Special loaded with 158 grain lead bullets, that round puts out 5600 micrograms of lead in the air. That is one heck of a lot of lead particles in the air.
Shoot in open air, clean up your hands before eating, and I don’t know what to do about the clothes. There are lots of lead particles on your clothing after shooting.