Thread: Lead bullets and their risk to human health

Interesting podcast....what's particularly interesting is that given the evidence of how much a lead bullet "can" disintegrate as it travels through the game, both of the "scientists" and the presenter ignore the elephant in the room...which is that a copper projectile will likely behave in a similar manner and copper is a known carcinogen AND copper poisoning can be just as bad as lead poisoning so in conclusion........lots of things we do or use have risks attached to them...and it's part of being human to manage those as we see fit. Given the brevity of the piece, it was unsurprising that it focused on the "shock horror" aspect of their findings without really backing it up. For instance, the hunter they first mentioned, how much of his elevated lead levels were due to reloading? No idea, as they didn't mention if they asked him if he reloaded (or what he did for a living, a friend of mine is going through a lengthy lead flushing program to remove lead ingested as a painter, sanding old paint with deficient masks), so their example is purely anecdotal and not based in fact at all...but that seems to be par for the course from many "scientists" these days, ego gets in the way of factual reporting. Like others I've been exposed to lead in solid form through eating game birds and through other forms, still here, asymptomatic, my doc tells me I'm in rude health all things considered and my bloods are boringly and monotonously on the low side of average...go figure