Most the people and groups you mentioned are not doing any original research. They are all listening to the same big daddy U.S government.SPPcoach wrote:Curious. So by "lots" you are referring to industrial hygienists, doctors, the NRA, the ISSF, USA Shooting (SOP manual) and individuals that have contributed to this threadby sharing that their blood was tested and shown to have elevated lead levels.nglitz wrote:Lots of people like to wildly exaggerate any possible hazard to make themselves feel important.
If you have read any "wild exagerations" please point them out.
And the motivation for sharing this information on this forum is not to keep our sport safe and our participants informed but "to make themselves important."
Have a nice day and stay safe.
This is known as " an argument from authority" in debate terms.
The is no doubt, due to politics that the dangers of solid lead, as opposed to airborne vaporized lead, that you can breathe in, in a poorly ventilated indoor range, have been wildly overhyped.
As another poster pointed out, this airborne lead is mostly from primers.
Government agencies and the private organizations you list, have been stampeded, mostly by the EPA and a whole phalanx of government lawyers, but also by concerned private citizen nanny groups, into warning people about every conceivable risk.
Lead is a conceivable risk. In the grand scheme of things, it is a very small one.
Truth is, even airborne lead is mostly a danger to young children. Lots of shooting in a poorly ventilated range can be a problem.
Don't do it, or wear a mask.
If you are really hyper cautious, buy coated pellets.
And wear your seat belt, and don't drink and drive, and stop smoking, and take your vitamins, and buy your baby a car seat. There, that should do it. :-)