indoor ranges that are not staffed do not need to meet Workplace standards. Most ranges are run by clubs and volunteers. Paid staff are not super common, and those that are paid aren't typically there during firing times, but for cleanup after. They should be wearing respirators and such.
Avoiding Lead Exposure
- Thread starter Mark S.
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My memory is a bit faded, but I remember my dad casting 12 gauge balls on the kitchen stove. One of his sources of lead was from the lead liners on boxes of tea bags. I can't remember how he poured it into the mold, but it must have been a bit messy. One thing that bothers me is, I think the pot he used was the same one he used to cook oatmeal.
My generation was surrounded by lead sources; paint, gasoline, utensils, plumbing. I'd probably have an IQ of 195, if it weren't for all that lead. Then again, I probably should have avoided alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, boxing, lsd, chasing women, etc., etc.
My generation was surrounded by lead sources; paint, gasoline, utensils, plumbing. I'd probably have an IQ of 195, if it weren't for all that lead. Then again, I probably should have avoided alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, boxing, lsd, chasing women, etc., etc.
Thank you for posting what I was going to say. I am not in the same level of exposure, but was forced to take a 6 hour course because the site I am on has lead products, pipes, paint, etc etc. Also took an asbestos course too.
But basically, wash your hands, even with just water as states the lead salts are easily water soluble. I was told to wash clothing exposed to lead separately and not to use any water saver features of the washing machine.
Don't eat your booggers either, your nose is pretty good at filtering, blow your nose frequently, try not to be a mouth breather.
We were told that just the lead free weekend would eliminate the trace amounts of lead we were expected to be exposed to. I am not really sure what the means though. The Asbestos was much more worry some.
my .02.. (have had high lead levels from shooting)..
- it's no "one" thing, it's a accumulation of brass handling, reloading (eg decapping exposes primer dust..), separating media from brass, not wearing gloves (sure lead isn't absorbed thru skin, unless it's suspended in a cleaning solvent..), poor venting in indoor ranges (I've actually had my levels go up shooting outdoors..), casting, etc.
- high levels will affect your energy levels, and disposition.
By wearing a good mask (3M - P100, and also vapour filter), and gloves while casting\reloading\cleaning.. I can shoot to my heart's content... AND keep the medical crowd happy..
- it's no "one" thing, it's a accumulation of brass handling, reloading (eg decapping exposes primer dust..), separating media from brass, not wearing gloves (sure lead isn't absorbed thru skin, unless it's suspended in a cleaning solvent..), poor venting in indoor ranges (I've actually had my levels go up shooting outdoors..), casting, etc.
- high levels will affect your energy levels, and disposition.
By wearing a good mask (3M - P100, and also vapour filter), and gloves while casting\reloading\cleaning.. I can shoot to my heart's content... AND keep the medical crowd happy..
So lead may cause health problems. So what...we're all going to die some day. Get used to the facts of life.
Does lead cause brain malfunctions? Well, not as much so as mercury. So, go out and break open a bunch of old fashioned mercury thermometers and eat as much as you can. That way you will be insane and not even notice how this Liberal hole is going to hell in a handbasket.
Remember, just be happy and keep smiling like an idiot and all will be ok.
Lead, bahhhh hahahahaha. I'm already f*****g nuts and it has nothing to do with lead. Did I mention that I used to chew on a lead bar when I was teething as an infant?
Yeah, there was a time when I used to worry about lead too, but those days are long gone as I see the supreme lunacy of the world about me. Lead keeps looking better all the time compared to the sh*t that is being stuffed down my throat these days.
CD
Does lead cause brain malfunctions? Well, not as much so as mercury. So, go out and break open a bunch of old fashioned mercury thermometers and eat as much as you can. That way you will be insane and not even notice how this Liberal hole is going to hell in a handbasket.
Remember, just be happy and keep smiling like an idiot and all will be ok.
Lead, bahhhh hahahahaha. I'm already f*****g nuts and it has nothing to do with lead. Did I mention that I used to chew on a lead bar when I was teething as an infant?
Yeah, there was a time when I used to worry about lead too, but those days are long gone as I see the supreme lunacy of the world about me. Lead keeps looking better all the time compared to the sh*t that is being stuffed down my throat these days.
CD
I work in Medical Physics and part of my job is to measure bone lead, using a non-invasive technique. We get referrals from general physicians and occupational health doctors who think the individual they are referring may have high lead levels. Occasionally we measure levels for security personnel, particularly range instructors, and sometimes police officers who have previously worked as instructors in poorly ventilated indoor ranges. In my experience, none of them have ever had high levels of lead in the bone, whereas personnel from other lead-related occupations sometimes have had high levels. In other words, the chances of having high lead exposure from a poorly ventilated indoor range are minimal.
A few years ago I shot frequently in an indoor range that really didn't have the best ventilation and was designated for cast bullets only due to backstop issues. I reload my own ammo and cast some of my own bullets, because of my job then I was tested twice a year for any metals in my blood and I was never picked up for lead or anything else.
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I am at the age when the amount of lead in my blood is the least of my worries. I am more concerned with the sugar and cholesterol and uric acid and all that good stuff.
In high school, we used our mouths as "storage magazines" for .22 pellets we shot when hunting anything that moved in nearby jungles.
That may account for diminished mental capacity through university but I still managed to earn a Mechanical Engineering degree while enjoying university life to the fullest.
Ingesting that much lead did not seem to affect my reproductive powers as my two children and grandson turned out pretty good and normal with ten fingers and toes, each.
So I do not understand what the buzz is all about.
In high school, we used our mouths as "storage magazines" for .22 pellets we shot when hunting anything that moved in nearby jungles.
That may account for diminished mental capacity through university but I still managed to earn a Mechanical Engineering degree while enjoying university life to the fullest.
Ingesting that much lead did not seem to affect my reproductive powers as my two children and grandson turned out pretty good and normal with ten fingers and toes, each.
So I do not understand what the buzz is all about.
- Location
- London, Ontario
LMAOOO...I just used to use my pockets
Srsly, the "mouth magazine" had many advantages over the pocket. It was faster, the pellets were dispensed in a 'lubed' condition and of uniform temperature.
Even just holding a few pellets clamped between the lips is better than the pocket.
If you really want to avoid lead, then don`t come to the town where I live and drink the water.
We have a new source of drinking water which happens to have a Lead concentration which is nasty and an Arsenic rating which is positively terrifying.
So they spent a couple of million bucks on special filters to get rid of this dreck. Problem is that we never know when the filters have been plugged up and they don`t have spares half the time.
Oh well, they get most of the lead and arsenic out of the water and then replace it with diluted rat-poison (flouride) which is supposed to be good for our teeth if we are under 12 years old. I`m 65 and have no teeth and I`m tired of watching my neighbours dying from cancer from when this whole area was blanketed in high-intensity radioactivity and not evacuated (would have caused a pannnnnnic, not to mention a year`s crops that Central Canada needed for food and export).
Sometimes I really wonder if some of these people have any idea what they are doing.
We have a new source of drinking water which happens to have a Lead concentration which is nasty and an Arsenic rating which is positively terrifying.
So they spent a couple of million bucks on special filters to get rid of this dreck. Problem is that we never know when the filters have been plugged up and they don`t have spares half the time.
Oh well, they get most of the lead and arsenic out of the water and then replace it with diluted rat-poison (flouride) which is supposed to be good for our teeth if we are under 12 years old. I`m 65 and have no teeth and I`m tired of watching my neighbours dying from cancer from when this whole area was blanketed in high-intensity radioactivity and not evacuated (would have caused a pannnnnnic, not to mention a year`s crops that Central Canada needed for food and export).
Sometimes I really wonder if some of these people have any idea what they are doing.
