In a message dated 3/26/2006 10:22:29 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:

a woman  ate a 6mm lead pellet most likely taken in with game
meat.


Hi Dave,

Not detecting a 6mm (~1/4 inch) pellet!, she must not have chewed her food
very much.

I bit into a lead pellet about 2mm in diameter in a piece of corned beef on
St Patrick's day many years ago (back in my omnivore days ;-) and felt
fortunate that I did not break a tooth when I bit down.

I am surprised that it waited around for 10 years in her digestive  track and
only when they saw it on x-ray did it suddenly  pass. (I guess the x-ray
scared it out... ;-)

Normal digestion has ingested food (and anything else)  passing through the
system in less than 24 hours.

Very best,
Joe

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