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Preventing Lead Poisoning On The Shooting Range
Little do you know, but this insidious heavy metal found in ranges everywhere may be slowly killing you.
-By Wm. Lane M. Robson, MDDr. Lane Robson is the Director of Pediatric Nephrology at The Children's Hospital, Greenville Hospital System, Greenville, South Carolina. He is a member of The Greenville Gun Club and enjoys bullseye shooting with his .45.
I was about eleven years old when I first heard about lead poisoning.
My dad and I were pouring lead to serve as the nose cone for a rocket we were making. While we were heating the lead, my Dad remarked that we needed to be careful to avoid lead poisoning. Like many know-it-all adolescents I responded, "Don't be silly, Dad. The only way to get lead poisoning is to get shot." My Dad only smiled, but why shouldn't I have thought that? I grew up watching one Western after another on television, and I'd heard more than one gunslinger remark after a shoot-out, "He died of lead poisoning."
My Dad was right to be concerned about the potential health hazard-and that was in the 1960s when the health risks associated with lead poisoning were only beginning to be appreciated. In the last thirty years, lead poisoning has emerged as a significant national health problem. In 1992, the Office of Management and Budget allocated $41 million for lead-screening programs. Despite these programs, few of the estimated 800,000 Americans who enjoy competitive shooting are aware of the health risk posed by lead.
Brief Overview of Lead
Lead is the heaviest and softest of the common metals. The United States mines more lead than any other country, most of it in the state of Missouri. The United States also refines more lead than any other country and consumes about 22 percent of the world's production of refined lead. Most of the lead produced today is used in electric storage batteries. Other uses include leaded glass, protective coverings for electrical cables, some paint pigments and cosmetics, lead-glazed ceramics, and, of course, bullets.
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Preventing Lead Poisoning On The Shooting Range
Little do you know, but this insidious heavy metal found in ranges everywhere may be slowly killing you.
-By Wm. Lane M. Robson, MDLittle do you know, but this insidious heavy metal found in ranges everywhere may be slowly killing you.
Dr. Lane Robson is the Director of Pediatric Nephrology at The Children's Hospital, Greenville Hospital System, Greenville, South Carolina. He is a member of The Greenville Gun Club and enjoys bullseye shooting with his .45.
I was about eleven years old when I first heard about lead poisoning.
My dad and I were pouring lead to serve as the nose cone for a rocket we were making. While we were heating the lead, my Dad remarked that we needed to be careful to avoid lead poisoning. Like many know-it-all adolescents I responded, "Don't be silly, Dad. The only way to get lead poisoning is to get shot." My Dad only smiled, but why shouldn't I have thought that? I grew up watching one Western after another on television, and I'd heard more than one gunslinger remark after a shoot-out, "He died of lead poisoning."
My Dad was right to be concerned about the potential health hazard-and that was in the 1960s when the health risks associated with lead poisoning were only beginning to be appreciated. In the last thirty years, lead poisoning has emerged as a significant national health problem. In 1992, the Office of Management and Budget allocated $41 million for lead-screening programs. Despite these programs, few of the estimated 800,000 Americans who enjoy competitive shooting are aware of the health risk posed by lead.
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