Re: Minnesota Lead Ban and High School Trap
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2024 3:28 am
Lumpy wrote:Markemp wrote:https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/lead-gasoline-blunted-iq-half-us-population-study-rcna19028
But wait, it's ok because it's only half of the country. And this is probably wrong, because people weren't drinking gasoline, right? It has to be swallowed to have a negative effect?
Yah, lead isn't so bad.
In the case of leaded gasoline, people were breathing in volatilized lead from auto exhaust. There's been concern about the possible exposure of scavengers and predators eating game and carcasses with lead shot, but for humans the lead exposure from lead shot hovers somewhere around zero.
Lead shot isn’t the only source of lead on the range if you read either of those articles. It’s the lead dust and other volatized lead that lands on all the surfaces that can be inhaled or swallowed if you are eating, drinking or smoking (or vaping as is trendy) on the range. Good luck keeping teenagers from eating skittles out there.
Y’all keep talking about the lead shot as if the argument is “well, this one source of the lead isn’t being eaten, so therefore there isn’t a problem from every other source of lead on the range.” You do realize that that isn’t the case, right?
This forums love affair with consuming lead is just amazing. I guess if the cost is just a handful of IQ points, it’s not worth regulating? Maybe it’s because unlike lead in gas, the only victims are those who are knowingly going out there and participating in the sport?