A Bullet Question!

[X-Splenda]

i handle muskett bullets quite often and they all over my room! will they cause any kind of lead poisining? i wash my hands after?
But is there lead dust that can give me lead poising?
Thank's

 

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[vayank54]

Same here
I've been digging for 40 years and quit counting bullets when I got to 10,000 in 1971. With the ones I dug plus the ones I've bought and traded, like Spooky I would be long gone.

 

[ivan salis]

It is not a bad idea to wash your hands after handling lead objects. Lead fumes from melting lead to make sinkers or bullets are more likely to be more dangerous to you than handling mere lead objects.

 

[Dman]

I agree. You are not likely to get lead poisoning unless you roll in them 24 hours a day.
Dman
Dman

 

[jrsherman]

I treat lead the same way I treat everything California slaps a cancer causing label on. . .with common sense. Anything will make you sick if you ingest 5 pounds, gallons, or otherwise a day. Use good old common sense and you should be fine, unlike the rest of the country that sees it and calls their doctor.

 

[leakypipes]

As some of the other folks mentioned the mere handling or presence of them in a room is not harmful. They would have to be ingested in some way, either by the ground up dust or by a constantly sucking on it like a hard candy. Many years ago children used to get sick from lead base paint but they would suck on windowsills etc. It is of course smart to wash your hands after handling.

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Handling lead for prolonged periods of time can cause lead poison. Just don't handle them to much and wash your hands after you do.

Keep @ it and HH !!

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Touching lead is not dangerous, eating or ingesting lead is dangerous. Always good to wash the hands after handling the finds. I have 6 lead fillings in my teeth, grew up chewing on a lead based painted crib as a baby, LOL. I also find a lot of lead but worry more about the farm field dirt. Glad I grew up a country boy, drank from natural springs and jumped through the straw and dirt piles, I seldom get sick unless the kids continuously drag the crud home from school, LOL. HH, Mike