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Cntrmass
03-11-2007, 10:29 PM
how much exposure is there handling cast lead bullets?
just curious?
Dale53
03-11-2007, 11:18 PM
If you understand the dynamics and then exercise simple common sense, there is very little risk. Much, much less than driving your car back and forth to work, as a for instance...
Don't smoke while casting.
Don't eat while casting.
Don't drink while casting.
Keep a clean work station (lead dust can be taken in through the lungs).
Nearly everybody who has had a lead problem ingested it.
Most important, wash up VERY well after each session of handling lead.
I also use a dedicated casting outfit and change them before settling down at home after casting.
Dale53
454PB
03-11-2007, 11:19 PM
Very little as long as you keep your hands away from your face. Wash them thoroughly after handling the boolits, or wear latex gloves.
1Shirt
03-12-2007, 03:24 PM
In the summer, I cast out of doors. In the winter, I cast in the garage with a fan blowing from behind me to keep the fumes going away. In all cases I wash my hands after I have cast, or am sizing and lubing, and when I am loading cast, or shooting cast at the range. Mostly common sense practice, however as Ben Franklin was supposed to have said, "Common sense is not a common virtue!"
1Shirt!:coffee:
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