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Originally Posted by Bushrat
Ever chewed on a lead pencil when you were in school? Probably stuck your fingers in your mouth after too. Lead exposure has toxic effects if you get enough of it but it's pretty hard to get to a dangerous level from reloading or shooting, it's way far down on the list compared to other things that are more harmful to us that we are exposed to everyday of our lives, car exhaust in city traffic, stuff you sprayed down your shower to clean it, the crap in all the processed food we eat is far worse than the almost non existent amount of lead you may be exposed to shooting or reloading. The stuff you clean your gun with is far more hazardous than the lead you just shot through it, etc, etc. As long as your not seasoning your steak with a couple ounces of number 9 lead birdshot you'll probably be fine.
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Don't quit your day job.
To begin with.... those pencils...weren't made with Lead.
As for the whole exposure in ranges thing... as someone that has actually conducted studies of ranges and their exhaust ventilation systems and surveyed for Lead... don't worry about it.
Indoor firing ranges have been subject to a standard for that for quite some time now.
But don't lick the walls either.
The guys that really need to be concerned are the cast bullets crowd and reloaders that are careless about how they do things.