Interesting connections lead poisoning, traumatic brain injury & PTSD

Thanks for that. Information about lead poisoning effects and the bodies processing of it are difficult to find.
Even if a person is careful about exposure you have to wonder about loading and casting over decades.
 
For lead to have a effect it must be ingested and I do not know anyone who eats bullets.

The two biggest problems from lead are from water pipes and old lead base paint. And old military bases from WWI and WWII and even up to the present still have homes with lead in the water and in the paint.

I grew up on military bases and then worked on a Army base for 30 years that was built in 1917, and greatly expanded in WWII. Lead, toxic chemicals and asbestos were a every day occurrence until cleanup started in the late 1980s. But I'm OK and only suffer from a slight peach inspedament and daim bramage.
 
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Lead paint is my achilles heal from my younger days of house repairs and general war against atrophy.
 
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When you do blood work ask your doctor to include a testing for lead. I get checked once a year. I shot indoors for a twice a week for few seasons at the RA and blood levels were elevated but not bad. I only shoot outdoors now.
 
bigedp51 said:
For lead to have a effect it must be ingested and I do not know anyone who eats bullets.

The two biggest problems from lead are from water pipes and old lead base paint. And old military bases from WWI and WWII and even up to the present still have homes with lead in the water and in the paint.

I grew up on military bases and then worked on a Army base for 30 years that was built in 1917, and greatly expanded in WWII. Lead, toxic chemicals and asbestos were a every day occurrence until cleanup started in the late 1980s. But I'm OK and only suffer from a slight peach inspedament and daim bramage.
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I'm not so sure about water being a significant source of lead. My wife and I were both tested for blood lead levels; mine was higher than my GP would like to see (but not to the level of toxic), and my wife's BLL was negligible. We obviously drink the same water, but she doesn't shoot or reload.
YMMV
 
I ALWAYS wash my hands after reloading ammunition or cleaning firearms. I'm doing one or the other a couple or more times a week. My last blood test for lead was very low.
 
bigedp51 said:
For lead to have a effect it must be ingested and I do not know anyone who eats bullets.

The two biggest problems from lead are from water pipes and old lead base paint. And old military bases from WWI and WWII and even up to the present still have homes with lead in the water and in the paint.

I grew up on military bases and then worked on a Army base for 30 years that was built in 1917, and greatly expanded in WWII. Lead, toxic chemicals and asbestos were a every day occurrence until cleanup started in the late 1980s. But I'm OK and only suffer from a slight peach inspedament and daim bramage.
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Lead dust, salts and oxides are in the air upon firing and can be significant at indoor ranges. They are also present on and around fired brass cases and the byproducts of bullet casting.
They get ingested by breathing and by eating, drinking or smoking after handling these items.

Some years ago my levels were high enough that the provincial workplace health and safety organization contacted me. I've tried to be more fastidious in my habits but suspect that would happen again if I were to get tested now.
 
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