Lead shot is banned in the UK for fishing weights and has been for many
years because of it's effect on wildfowl who end up eating it. I don't
know what it changed to but it wasn't depleted uranium as far as I can tell.
I'm not sure what the situation is regarding buckshot in shotgun
cartridges though.
Regards,
Phil Nutting wrote:
> And what about all those Dads taking their kids fishing with all those lead sinkers? The Bait & Tackle shops will be raided next to remove lead from the shelves.
>
> And the scuba divers will have to use rocks instead of lead ballast weights.
>
> And wheel balancing weights should be made lead-free too.
>
> Phil
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Upton, Shawn
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> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [TN] Leadfree has gone too far.
>
> I remember back about 20 years ago, going to Gettysburg and watching
> people try to find old bullets in the ground. I find it interesting
> that lead is stable enough to stay in topsoil for decades, yet seemingly
> absorbed into the bloodstream very easily. Yet, unless if I am
> mistaken, there are little precautions for handling solid lead (based
> upon what little I know of OSHA rules for soldering--we went through
> that a couple of years ago and I don't remember anything bad being found
> for us) required, outside of washing ones hands (and presumably not
> nibbling on it).
>
> It's all about lead dust, apparently. I guess old lead based paint, as
> it cracks (UV exposure? Last dregs of solvents outgassing, leaving it
> more brittle?) is what causes the most exposure?
>
> Shawn Upton, KB1CKT
> Test Engineer
> Allegro MicroSystems, Inc
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steve Gregory
> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 9:45 AM
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> Subject: Re: [TN] Leadfree has gone too far.
>
> Yeah Richard, you wonder where peoples heads are at sometimes.
>
> A lot of people forget where most all elevated blood lead levels in
> children come from. It's from the paint in older homes built prior to
> 1978 when lead in paint was banned. Blood lead levels in children have
> declined 89% since the ban in paint and the lead in gasoline. That being
> said, there's still a lot of pre-1978 homes out there that people are
> renovating and not being as careful as they should when they do that,
> and a large percentage of children are still getting contaminated from
> the paint even though it was banned over 30-years ago. Take care of the
> paint in all the older structures and you will most likely eliminate all
> elevated blood lead levels in children.
>
> Steve
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