help bot wrote:

Guy Macon http://www.guymacon.com/ wrote:

From the Material Safety Data Sheet for Lead:
"Lead metal foil, shot or sheets: Not an ingestion hazard."

C'mon now: do you really believe all that lead shot
will simply pass through one's system /intact/?
What about the acids in the stomach-- have they no
affect on lead?

I have never seen or heard of a single example of a MSDS
that calls something safe when it isn't.

Thinks about all the shotgun pellets, wheel weights, fishing
sinkers, elecric meter seals, stained glass windoews, etc.
Ever hear of any of them hurting anyone? Now think about
the cases wher lead does hurt someone -- paoint chips, toys,
etc. The lead that doesn't hurt anyone is elemental lead.
The lead that hurts poeple is various lead compounds.


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Guy Macon
http://www.guymacon.com/